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The labor market in South Africa, 2000-2017 : the legacy of apartheid and demand for skills have resulted in high, persistent inequality and high unemployment

Mosomi, Jacqueline; Wittenberg, Martin - 2020

The South African economy was on a positive growth trajectory from 2003 to 2008 but, like other economies around the world, it was not spared from the effects of the 2008 global financial crisis. The economy has not recovered and employment in South Africa has not yet returned to its pre-crisis...

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The labor market in Norway, 2000–2018 : negative consequences of falling oil prices were offset by real wage flexibility, reduced immigration, and labor reallocation

Nilsen, Øivind Anti - 2020

Norway has a high labor force participation rate and a very low unemployment rate. Part of the reason for this …

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The labor market in Norway, 2000–2016 : negative consequences of falling oil prices were offset by real wage flexibility, reduced immigration, and labor reallocation

Nilsen, Øivind Anti - 2018

Norway has a high labor force participation rate and a very low unemployment rate. Part of the reason for this …

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The labor market in Switzerland, 2000-2018 : the Swiss labor market has proven resilient to several recent shocks, with unemployment remaining stable and real wages steadily increa...

Lalive, Rafael; Lehmann, Tobias - 2020

Switzerland is a small country with rich cultural and geographic diversity. The Swiss unemployment rate is low, at … as a narrowing but persistent gender pay gap. Additionally, regional differences in unemployment are significant. …

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The labor market in Switzerland, 2000-2016 : the Swiss labor market has proven resilient to several recent shocks, with unemployment remaining stable and real wages steadily increa...

Lalive, Rafael; Lehmann, Tobias - 2017

Switzerland is a small country with rich cultural and geographic diversity. The Swiss unemployment rate is low, at only …, as well as a narrowing but persistent gender pay gap. Additionally, regional differences in unemployment are significant. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011751068

The labor market in Sweden since the 1990s : the Swedish economy continues to have high employment and rapidly rising real wages

Gottfries, Nils - 2018

The economic crisis in the early 1990s brought about a dramatic increase in unemployment and a similar decrease in … labor force participation. Unemployment declined afterwards, but stabilized at around 6-7% - more than twice as high as … before the crisis. Today, the unemployment rate is lower than the EU average, though Sweden no longer stands out in this …

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