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EUROLAB: a multidimensional labour supply-demand model for EU countries

Narazani, Edlira; Colombino, Ugo; Palma, Bianey - 2021

This paper describes EUROLAB, a labour supply-demand microsimulation model that relies on EUROMOD, the static microsimulation model for the European Union countries. EUROLAB is built on a multidimensional discrete choice model of labour supply and accounts for involuntary unemployment. The model...

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Do digital skill certificates help new workers enter the market? : evidence from an online labour platform

Kässi, Otto; Lehdonvirta, Vili - 2019

This paper studies the effects of a voluntary skill certification scheme in an online freelancing labour market. The paper show that obtaining skill certificates increases a worker’s earnings. This effect is not driven by increased worker productivity but by decreased employer uncertainty. The...

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Labour market polarization in advanced countries : impact of global value chains, technology, import competition from China and labour market institutions

Breemersch, Koen; Damijan, Jože P.; Konings, Jozef - 2017

This paper explores the effects of offshoring, technology and Chinese import competition on labor market polarization in European countries. We find that polarization occurs mostly as a result of polarization within individual industries, while the reallocation of employment away from less...

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Inclusive labour markets in the digital era : the case of Austria

Ziemann, Volker - 2017

Digitalisation is one of the megatrends affecting societies and labour markets, alongside demographic change and globalisation. The fourth industrial revolution will redesign production processes and alter the relationships between work and leisure, capital and labour, the rich and the poor, the...

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Thailand's education system and skills imbalances : assessment and policy recommendations

Vandeweyer, Marieke; Espinoza, Ricardo; Reznikova, Laura; … - 2020

In light of population ageing, globalisation, automation, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Thailand’s labour market is being significantly reshaped, and so are the skills required for higher employability. This paper analyses the capacity of Thailand’s education and training system...

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Educational attainment, age and the consequences of job loss : empirical evidence from Germany

Effenberger, Alexandra; Lauber, Verena; Schmitz, Sebastian - 2019

Education is a crucial determinant of labour market success. We investigate whether education is an appropriate means to cushion the negative consequences of job loss and study the role of age as a second major labour market factor. Using German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) data for the years...

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Enhancing the inclusiveness of the labour market in Belgium

Høj, Jens - 2013

The global crisis led to a smaller increase in the unemployment rate than in most other OECD countries as employment has been sustained through intensive use of reduced working time schemes. These schemes have mostly benefited workers with permanent contracts while the higher unemployment mostly...

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Efficiency and risks in global value chains in the context of COVID-19

Arriola, Christine; Guilloux-Nefussi, Sophie; Koh, Seung-Hee - 2020

governments should use policy tools to ‘re-localise’ GVCs. But re-localising may also mean less diversification and thereby limit …

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The effect of possible EU diversification requirements on the risk of banks' sovereign bond portfolios

Craig, Ben R.; Giuzio, Margherita; Paterlini, Sandra - 2019

Recent policy discussion includes the introduction of diversification requirements for sovereign bond portfolios of … European banks. In this paper, we evaluate the possible effects of these constraints on risk and diversification in the … analysis. We then analyze the risk and diversification in the sovereign bond portfolios of the largest European banks and …

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ICT-induced technological progress and employment: a happy marriage or a dangerous liaison? : a literature review

Sabadash, Anna - 2013

This report surveys the literature on the employment impact of ICT. Two competing views - compensation and substitution theory - dominate the current economic debate. The first assumes that the labour-saving impact of technological progress is counterbalanced by various compensation mechanisms....

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