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Structure of labour market and unemployment in Sudan
Nour S. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2014
we explain several stylized facts on the labour market using new secondary data on population, employment and … targeting reducing inflation rates would also help to reduce unemployment rates in Sudan. Keywords Labour market; employment …
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Modelling reallocation processes in long-term labour market projections
Maier, Tobias; Neuber-Pohl, Caroline; Mönnig, Anke; … - In: Journal for labour market research 50 (2017) 1, pp. 67-90
Long-term labour market projections are a popular tool for assessing future skill needs and the possibility of skill shortages. It is often noted that reallocation processes in the German labour market are hindered due to its strong standardization and occupational segmentation. However, it is...
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The child penalty: Evidence from Spain
de Quinto, Alicia; Hospido, Laura; Sanz, Carlos - In: SERIEs - Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 12 (2021) 4, pp. 585-606
Using data from social security records and an event study approach, we estimate the child penalty in Spain, looking at disparities for women and men across different labor outcomes following the birth of the first child. Our findings show that, the year after the first child is born, mothers'...
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Labor supply shocks, native wages, and the adjustment of local employment
Dustmann, Christian; Schönberg, Uta; Stuhler, Jan - 2016
-Czech border, we examine the impact of an exogenous immigration-induced labor supply shock on local wages and employment of natives … employment. These average effects mask considerable heterogeneity across groups: while younger natives experience larger wage … effects, employment responses are particularly pronounced for older natives. This pattern is inconsistent with standard models …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011520937
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Labor Supply Shocks, Native Wages, and the Adjustment of Local Employment
Dustmann, Christian - 2016
-Czech border, we examine the impact of an exogenous immigration-induced labor supply shock on local wages and employment of natives … employment. These average effects mask considerable heterogeneity across groups: while younger natives experience larger wage … effects, employment responses are particularly pronounced for older natives. This pattern is inconsistent with standard models …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012985287
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The child penalty : evidence from Spain
Quinto, Alicia de; Hospido, Laura; Sanz, Carlos - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 12 (2021) 4, pp. 585-606
Using data from social security records and an event study approach, we estimate the child penalty in Spain, looking at disparities for women and men across different labor outcomes following the birth of the first child. Our findings show that, the year after the first child is born, mothers’...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012694349
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Chapter 12. Gender Inequality
Ponthieux, Sophie; Meurs, Dominique - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 981-1146). 2015
research on gender inequality in access to self-employment, the gender gap in pensions, and the emerging topic of a gender gap …
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The dynamic impact of immigration on natives' labor market outcomes: Evidence from Israel
Cohen-Goldner, Sarit; Paserman, M. Daniele - In: European Economic Review 55 (2011) 8, pp. 1027-1045
on natives' wages and employment. If immigrants are relatively good substitutes for native workers, the impact of …
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Access to Full-Time Employment: Does Gender Matter?
Smith, Meg; Tannous, Kathy - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 16 (2013) 2, pp. 237-257
concerns part-time employment; 70 per cent all part-time employees are women, 46 per cent of women in paid work are employed on … women’s paid employment. Against this policy context, this paper focuses on women’s engagement with part-time employment … ‘choose’ part-time employment after a child is born into the family (Rose, Hewitt and Baxter, 2011; Baxter and Renda, 2011 …
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The effects of education-job (mis)match on the earnings of graduates in the Czech Republic
Sedláček, Jan; Zelenka, Martin - In: Národohospodářský obzor : časopis věnovaný … 21 (2021) 2, pp. 105-150
This paper deals with the effects of education-job (mis)match on the earnings of higher education graduates in the context of higher education expansion and different phases of the economic cycle in the Czech Republic in 2006-2018. It aims to contribute to knowledge about the effects of...
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