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historically focussed on reducing unemployment (the tip of the iceberg), the group of inactive people (below the waterline) is much … larger. Therefore, we point to the clear limitations of the unemployment rate as the (single) key macro-economic indicator of … the health of the labour market. A parsimonious dashboard approach utilising the unemployment-to-population ratio and the …
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historically focussed on reducing unemployment (the tip of the iceberg), the group of inactive people (below the waterline) is much … larger. Therefore, we point to the clear limitations of the unemployment rate as the (single) key macro-economic indicator of … the health of the labour market. A parsimonious dashboard approach utilising the unemployment-to-population ratio and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012249694
policy-oriented studies have dealt with the evolution of unemployment in 2020, often country by country, this letter focuses … on the evolution of unemployment as well as inactivity across European countries. Indeed, previous crises have typically … lead not only to more unemployment but also to larger numbers of discouraged unemployed and thus more inactivity. It …
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High risk of poverty and low employment rates are widespread among low-skilled groups, especially in the case of some household compositions (e.g. single mothers). "Making-work-pay" policies have been advocated for and implemented to address these issues. They alleviate the above-mentioned...
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This paper studies whether labor market mismatch played an important role for labor market dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic. We apply the framework of S¸ahin et al. (2014) to the US and the UK to measure misallocation between job seekers and vacancies across sectors until the third quarter...
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happier than others. Moreover, self-employment is often chosen to escape unemployment, not for the associated autonomy that …-employment experience an increase in life satisfaction (up to two years later), while individuals moving from unemployment to self …-employment are not more satisfied than their counterparts moving from unemployment to regular employment. We argue that these groups …
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happier than others. Moreover, self-employment is often chosen to escape unemployment, not for the associated autonomy that …-employment experience an increase in life satisfaction (up to two years later), while individuals moving from unemployment to self …-employment are not more satisfied than their counterparts moving from unemployment to regular employment. We argue that these groups …
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The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men and women are analyzed today. Beyond the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews research on gender inequality in access to...
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UK government policy encourages mothers of young children in low-income families to enter or return to work, via tax credit subsidies and support for childcare. Maternal employment is seen a central plank in the campaign against child poverty, both because it raises income immediately and...
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Die Diskusssion über die Auswirkungen des allgemeinen gesetzlichen Mindestlohns in Deutschland ist in vollem Gange. Erste Evaluationsergebnisse zeigen, dass der Mindestlohn in Deutschland nur einen moderaten Beschäftigungsverlust nach sich zog, wobei langfristige Auswirkungen zum jetzigen...
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