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revisional property of the NAIRU is also examined, as well as the forecast capacity of the unemployment gap with regard to wages … perspective, because the vast majority of estimates in the literature use wages to provide an estimate of the unemployment gap …. Therefore, an indicator which does not use wages at all to estimate the unemployment gap performs the best in forecasting wage …
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the quality of the work found by the unemployed. This quality rise, in terms of both wages and duration, can be achieved …
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This study analyzes the educational attainment and early labor market outcomes of young migrants from the Former Soviet Union (FSU) who arrived in Germany between 1989 and 1994. The results reveal that migrants have lower educational attainments than natives, and that within the group of...
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This paper documents and analyses the predominance of informal employment in Africa and shows that lack of demand for labour rather than worker characteristics is the main reason for pervasive underemployment. Integration into the global economy and exports of labour-intensive products are vital...
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education shows positive effects for the unemployed with respect to both the employment probability and wages. To explain the …
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Low-wage employment has become an important feature of the labor market and a controversial topic for debate in many countries. How to interpret the prominence of lowpaid jobs and whether they are beneficial to workers or society is currently an open question. The answer depends on whether...
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