Showing 1 - 10 of 56
sequence of survey results is suggestive, at least at face value, of a sizeable decline in the Indigenous unemployment rate … long-term trends. The key finding of significant decline in unemployment rates since 1998 resonates with an analysis of … decline in Indigenous unemployment has formed part of the general labour market trend appears unlikely. Also, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009451700
Rationale Population ageing is one of the greatest structural challenges facing the Spanish economy. Foremost among its multiple effects is its contractionary impact on labour supply, which will foreseeably have major implications on both the functioning of the labour market and the potential...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014337696
four and a half months to find a job. Combining these results, it is demonstrated that reducing the average unemployment … of various labor market and crime policies such as unemployment insurance, hiring subsidies and the duration of jail … sentences. For example, wage subsidies reduce unemployment, the crime rates of employed and unemployed workers, and improve …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466027
In the leading chapter of this dissertation, "Unemployment, Vulnerability and Poverty: A New Class of Measures, Its … Axiomatic Properties and Applications," we, Kaushik Basu and myself, derive a new class of measures for unemployment or poverty …. Measures of unemployment and poverty have usually focused solely on those currently unemployed or below the poverty line …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009466172
distribution, wages, and unemployment. This comparison is important not only because it compares developing vs. developed country …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009468080
Why do dynamic inconsistencies in monetary policy exist? In this paper we present a traditional model with output inefficiencies, but we allow for monetary policy to be influenced by the various constituencies in the economy, that pressure the Congress to in turn pressure the central bank to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009472582
Foreign direct investment is sparking a national debate. Local communities compete for investment projects, while many of the residents of those communities fear losing their jobs to foreign outsourcing. Some opponents argue that such job losses have disproportionately negative impact on local...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475015
Recent evidence reveals an interesting relationship between macroeconomic conditions and population health/health behaviors: economic downturns have been correlated with positive effects on overall health and health behaviors, while economic booms have been correlated with the negative effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009475480
Rising wage inequality in the U.S. and Britain and rising continental European unemployment have led to a popular view …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476767
Post-communist labor markets provide an interesting laboratory since unemployment rates grew from zero to double digits … determinants of the gender unemployment gap in the Czech Republic using a method that decomposes unemployment rates into transition … (demographic, regional, cyclical) other than gender and marital status affect unemployment. We find that women’s lower probability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476840