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Valfort, Marie-Anne - 2017

attitudes toward LGBTI, LGBTI rights and perceived discrimination among LGBTI. It goes on to discuss the empirical strategies … at school and suffer academically; (iii) LGBTI face hiring and wage discrimination; (iv) LGBTI show higher rates of … physical and mental health problems, in particular due to social rejection. The paper concludes by reviewing anti-discrimination …

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Getting Irish youth on the job track

González Pandiella, Alberto - 2013

Irish youth was hit hard by the crisis. Many young workers have remained unemployed for a long time and, unless it is tackled promptly, this issue will become one of the most enduring legacies of the recession. New labourmarket policy initiatives have been introduced recently, but more will be...

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Boosting productivity in Russia : skills, education and innovation

Demmou, Lilas; Wörgötter, Andreas - 2015

The labour market in Russia is very flexible. Firms adjust to economic shocks through wage cuts, working hour reductions and minimisation of non-wage labour costs. Workers react by changing jobs. This results in a high and stable overall employment rate, but also high wage inequality,...

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Making growth more inclusive in Costa Rica

González Pandiella, Alberto - 2016

In the past 30 years Costa Rica has grown steadily and social indicators have improved markedly. Well-being indicators are comparable or even above the OECD average in several dimensions, such as health, environment or life-satisfaction. This paper reviews the social progress that Costa Rica has...

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Addressing labour market challenges in Belgium

McGowan, Muge Adalet; Hijzen, Alexander; Law, David; … - 2020

Job creation has lowered unemployment, but the Belgian labour market still faces many challenges. Employment rates remain low, reflecting barriers to finding a job such as low levels of skills and weak work incentives. In addition, the changing nature of work will require faster adaptation of...

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Améliorer les performances du marché du travail en France : mise en oeuvre de la Stratégie pour l'emploide l'OCDE

Goujard, Antoine; Hijzen, Alexander; Thewissen, Stefan - 2019

Ce chapitre propose une analyse approfondie des performances du marché du travail français suivant la nouvelle Stratégie pour l’emploi de l’OCDE. Depuis 2015, les créations d’emploi ont fait refluer le chômage et les situations de sous emploi ont diminué, mais le marché du travail...

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The Czech labour market : documenting structural change and remaining challenges

Araújo, Sónia; Maleček, Petr - 2015

The Czech labour market has undergone significant changes as a consequence of economic restructuring. This paper analyses these changes, highlighting both the impact of the recent economic crisis and some of the longer-run determinants of the Czech labour market. The higher share of tertiary...

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Youth labour market performance in Spain and its determinants : a micro-level perspective

Dolado, Juan J.; Jansen, Marcel; Felgueroso, Florentino; … - 2013

This paper provides both descriptive and empirical evidence about the main youth labour market problems in Spain. Using the experiences of other EU economies as a benchmark, we document the performance of Spain as regards a wide set of youth labour market dimensions. These include employment and...

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The decline in labour mobility in the United States : insights from new administrative data

Azzopardi, Damien; Fareed, Fozan; Hermansen, Mikkel Nørlem - 2020

Job mobility is essential for a well-functioning market economy and for individual workers to boost their wages. This paper provides a re-assessment of job mobility in the United States during 2000-2018, based on a novel administrative data source covering almost all workers and job flows....

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Labour market institutions for an ageing labour force in Slovenia

Fialho, Priscilla; Høj, Jens - 2020

Population ageing will lead to a smaller and older workforce. Looking forward, this means that growth will increasingly depend on ensuring the best use of Slovenian workers. This implies keeping older and experience workers longer in employment and better support difficult-to-employ low-skilled...

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