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ratios, in the presence of strong social norms against female employment. One such channel is women's desired labor supply …
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We estimate the relative importance of alternative labour supply and demand mechanisms in explaining the rise of female labour force participation over the last 55 years in Mexico. The growth of female labour force participation in Mexico between 1960 and 2015 followed an S-shape, with a...
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South Africa's Employment Tax Incentive, launched in 2014, aimed to address low youth employment by reducing the cost … effect of the Incentive on youth employment. We match firms claiming the subsidy with similar firms not claiming the subsidy … impact on youth employment on average. We see a positive and statistically significant effect on youth and non …
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It is widely acknowledged that earnings subsidies promote employment by increasing rewards to labor market activity …
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's 2003 Mini-Job Reform, which entailed a significant expansion of tax benefits for low-earning workers. Firms' responses are … in the relative prices of low- and high-earning employment post-reform. Using a differences-in-differences approach, I …-exposed establishments substitute employment towards low-earning workers without expanding at the same pace. My findings are consistent with …
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affect high-earning workers. I explore establishment outcomes around Germany's 2003 Mini-Job Reform, which expanded tax … tilted towards high-earning workers, not targeted by the tax benefits. Nonexposed establishments substitute employment … towards low-earning workers without expanding at the same pace. My findings are consistent with a model in which employment …
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We explore the implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB) systems by unemployment accounts (UA). Under the UA system, employed people would be required to make ongoing contributions to their unemployment accounts, and the balances in these accounts would then be available to...
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underemployment on transitions from employment and self-employment into other labour market states. It confirms that overemployment is …
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effect on employment of mothers who used to work outside the home before giving birth and might prevent some mothers from …
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effect on employment of mothers who used to work outside the home before giving birth and might prevent some mothers from …
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