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Duman, Anil - 2020

We develop a possibility to work index (PWI) taking the ability to work from home and workplace closures into account. By using the data from the HLFS in Turkey, we examine the individual level determinants of PWI. Our findings reveal that PWI and ability to work from home are significantly...

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On the interplay between Keynesian and supply side economics

Karanassou, Marika; Snower, Dennis J. - 2007

Conventional wisdom suggests that nominal, demand-side shocks have only temporary effects on real macroeconomic magnitudes and that the duration of their effects depends on the degree of nominal inertia. It is also argued that, in the absence of unit roots, temporary supply-side shocks also have...

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Labor Supply Dynamics, Unemployment and Human Capital Investments

Wasmer, Etienne - 2021

cohorts of the baby-boom. Using a survey where workers declare their true employment experience, this paper argues that these … labor force, there is higher unemployment among low-experience workers, they do not accumulate enough on-the-job human … even after the shock. In a competitive market, in contrast, wage inequality and notably, the wage return to experience …

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On the interplay between Keynesian and supply side economics

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Making sense of Arab labor markets: The enduring legacy of dualism

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It is well-established that Arab labor markets share certain common characteristics, including an oversized public sector, high youth unemployment, weak private sectors, rapidly growing but highly distorted educational attainment, and low and stagnant female labor force participation. I argue in...

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Making the labour market work better in Poland

Boulhol, Hervé - 2014

Poor labour-market outcomes remain one of Poland’s major structural weaknesses, impeding firms’ competitiveness and the nation’s potential output. Boosting employment prospects is also critical, as the country will soon be ageing at a fast pace. Despite long working hours, labour...

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Making sense of arab labor markets : the enduring legacy of dualism

Asʿad, Rāǧī - 2013

It is well-established that Arab labor markets share certain common characteristics, including an oversized public sector, high unemployment for educated youth, weak private sector dependent on government welfare for their survival, rapid growth in educational attainment, but much of it focused...

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Making sense of Arab labor markets: the enduring legacy of dualism

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Union wage compression in a Right-to-Manage model

Vogel, Thorsten (contributor) - 2007

Trade unions are consistently found to compress the wage distribution. Moreover, unemployment affects in particular low-skilled workers. The present paper argues that an extended Right-to-Manage model can account for both of these findings. In this model unions compress the wage distribution by...

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Minimum wages, wage dispersion and unemployment : a review on new search models

Garloff, Alfred - 2008

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