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Fast globalization has given a global face to local issues; child labor is one of them. ILO is striving hard for bringing the plague of child labor to an end. With its collaboration Pakistan has also moved forward. It has included 29 occupations in the Hazardous Occupation list. The Glass...
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With the advent of the era of fast globalization, child labor drew equal attention from perpetrators as well as the protectors. In case of Carpet Industry in Pakistan, once highlighted by the international media, global actors impacted positively to eliminate child labor from the industry....
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The support that governments provide to their industrial producers has been a growing source of concern. Much of that support is provided by governments through the financial system, either in the form of below‑market borrowings or below-market equity. To better understand the nature and scale...
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For various reasons the relationship between age and productivity is a matter of policy concern. I present new … empirical research showing how productivity is affected by age. I study age effects at the individual level by analyzing data on … between age, wage and productivity. In particular I address the potential wage-productivity gap that might occur at higher …
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We examine the economic and social determinants of suicide mortality in a panel of 25 OECD countries over the period 1970 - 2011 and explicitly analyze the effects of unemployment and labor market institutions on suicide rates. In line with a large body of literature our results suggest that...
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In the present paper an empirical analysis will point out that loans to households trigger consumption which in turn through the creation of economic growth, as claimed by Saito (2007), reduces unemployment. Austerity measures should not last for too long, since economy will face too many...
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