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In this paper we investigate the quantitative importance of efficiency wages in explaining fluctuations in Bulgarian labor markets. This is done by augmenting an otherwise standard real business cycle model a la Long and Plosser (1983) with unobservable workers effort by employers and wage...
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This study begins with an overview of the poverty situation in the Philippines. It then takes a brief look at the poor in the rural areas, followed with a discussion of the poor in the informal sector. It then brings these two sectors together, with an examination of the poor and the urban/rural...
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employment, low youth and female unemployment, flexibility, and a low share of the "working poor", all of which can beneficially …
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exposure, unemployment (percent of total labor force), percent of people using at least basic sanitation services, percent of … this study. For every one unit increase in microgram per cubic meter of PM2.5 pollution, in the unemployment percentage of … countries in the East Asia and Pacific with low PM2.5 air pollution exposure, low unemployment, low out-of-pocket health …
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Population ageing has often been summarised through rising old-age dependence ratios. Age is therefore perceived as a source of dependence, which supposedly causes economic problems. While these perceptions seem intuitive, they are open to query and may be misleading. The current chapter looks...
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accounts: a retirement account (covering pensions), an unemployment account (covering unemployment support), a human capital … may be expected to play a substantial role in reducing unemployment, encouraging labour force participation, promoting …
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