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Greece’s labour market entered the COVID-19 shock following several years of sustained employment growth and with wages … picking up. Unemployment remained high and employment rates were low, especially among women, the young and older workers. The … informality. This heightens insecurity – by excluding many workers from activation policies or social and employment protection …
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significantly more likely to be either out of work or overqualified and low-paid in high-benefit countries. Wage compression …
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Brazil has made remarkable progress in reducing poverty and inequality. This reduction is explained by strong growth but also by effective social policies. Besides growth, public services and cash transfers have played the biggest role, the latter notably through the successful “Bolsa...
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Despite relative affluence, workplace stress is a prominent feature of the US labour market. To the extent that job stress causes poor health outcomes – either directly through increased blood pressure, fatigue, muscle pain, etc. or indirectly through increased rates of cigarette smoking –...
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Physical inactivity and sedentary behaviours have been rising throughout the OECD in recent decades. Lack of physical activity and excessive sedentary behaviour are well-known risk factors for non-communicable diseases, such as heart diseases, stroke, diabetes, and osteoporosis. As such,...
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low levels of education. There are two crucial policy priorities to improve employment prospects for youth in Spain. First …
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education and job related skills often limit their employment prospects. Among lowskilled workers, a high minimum wage and …Economic growth and recent policy reforms have increased employment and reduced overall poverty in Chile. Yet there are … strict employment protection pose a barrier to employment. At the same time, education and training policies do not …
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Labour market reforms are essential to promote social cohesion by removing obstacles to employment, particularly for … reduce the wide wage disparity. Better conditions for non-regular workers would in turn promote greater labour participation … time, narrowing the large gender wage gap and eliminating discrimination would also increase opportunities for women …
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We study a mentoring program that aims to improve the labor-market prospects of schoolattending adolescents from disadvantaged families by offering them a university-student mentor. Our RCT investigates program effectiveness on three outcome dimensions that are highly predictive of adolescents'...
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