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China’s transformation into a dynamic private-sector-led economy and its integration into the world economy have been among the most dramatic global economic developments of recent decades. This paper provides an overview of some of the key aspects of recent developments in China’s...
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This paper gauges the potential effects on employment of rebalancing China's exportoriented growth model toward domestic demand, particularly private consumption. Shifting to a private consumption-led growth likely means more demand for existing and new services as well as reorienting the...
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We analyse the impact of retraining for the unemployed on future labour market success, and estimate effects separately … that on average, after a period with strong lock-in effects, retraining increases the employment probability of women by … effectiveness of retraining by target occupations, these differences cannot completely explain the observed gender differences …
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We analyse the impact of retraining for the unemployed on future labour market success, and estimate effects separately … that on average, after a period with strong lock-in effects, retraining increases the employment probability of women by … effectiveness of retraining by target occupations, these differences cannot completely explain the observed gender differences …
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model in which idiosyncratic noise in the perceived cost of retraining can lead to inefficient outcomes. This mechanism … calibration of labor market prospects suggests that information provision about the true costs of retraining may not be adequate …
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shock of economic liberalization in Russia may raise the benefits of training, particularly retraining for new jobs, but … much stronger for additional training in the same field than for retraining for new fields, consistent with the hypothesis …, suggesting inertial programs from the pre-transition era. Retraining in new fields increases all types of worker mobility and has …
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The U.S. economy has experienced a significant drop in the fraction of the population employed in middle wage, "routine task-intensive" occupations. Applying machine learning techniques, we identify characteristics of those who used to be employed in such occupations and show they are now less...
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does a slower pace of technological progress. Finally, our model results suggests that retraining policies are a useful …
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We analyse the impact of retraining for the unemployed on future labour market success, and estimate effects separately … that on average, after a period with strong lock-in effects, retraining increases the employment probability of women by … effectiveness of retraining by target occupations, these differences cannot completely explain the observed gender differences …
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