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. -- precarious work ; job insecurity ; gender ; job quality ; unemployment … known institutional characteristics. In general, subjective employment insecurity tracks the unemployment rate …
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productivity. The welfare state's tax-based social transfers and even unemployment benefits have not clearly harmed employment or …
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of the unemployment rate and of worker transitions. … makroökonomische Schocks in Ländern mit stärkeren Gewerkschaften zu kleineren Veränderungen in der Arbeitslosigkeit und den …
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of the unemployment rate and of worker transitions. …
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these trends. High unemployment and unstable contracts, common in Southern Europe, depress fertility, particularly of … younger women. To increase lifetime income though early skill-acquisition and minimize unemployment risk, young women postpone …
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Research investigating the relationship between firm performance and gender diversity has so far reported conflicting … evidence: Some studies find firm performance to benefit from gender diversity, others find negative results or no effect at all …. Taking this inconclusive evidence as a sign for moderators influencing the effect of gender diversity on firm performance, we …
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labor market and the government's decision to set unemployment benefits in response to an unemployment shock. The government … effects whereby benefits increase unemployment. It is found that when an adverse shock occurs, benefits should be increased …
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Saddam Hussein's unexpected 1990 invasion of Kuwait forced 300,000 Kuwaitis of Palestinian descent to flee into Jordan. By 1991, this large exogenous population shock increased Jordan's population by about 10 percent. Jordanian law allowed these refugees to work, live, and vote in Jordan...
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The economics literature generally finds a positive, but small, gain in income to native-born populations from immigrants and potentially large gains in world incomes. But immigrants can also impact a recipient nation's institutions. A growing empirical literature supports the importance of...
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