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The role of labor market changes in the slowdown of European productivity growth
Dew-Becker, Ian; Gordon, Robert J. - 2008
"Throughout the postwar era until 1995 labor productivity grew faster in Europe than in the United States. Since 1995, productivity growth in the EU-15 has slowed while that in the United States has accelerated. But Europe's productivity growth slowdown was largely offset by faster growth in...
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The role of labour market changes in the slowdown of European productivity growth
Dew-Becker, Ian; Gordon, Robert J. - 2008
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Women - local initiatives - job creation
1986
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Quasi-experimental evidence on the effects of mother tongue-based education on reading skills and early labour market outcomes
Argaw, Bethlehem A. - 2016
Prior to the introduction of mother tongue based education in 1994, the language of instruction for most subjects in Ethiopia's primary schools was the official language (Amharic) - the mother tongue of only one third of the population. This paper uses the variation in individual's exposure to...
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Understanding Irish labour force participation
Byrne, Stephen; O'Brien, Martin - 2016
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How the provision of childcare affects attitudes towards maternal employment
Roth, Anja - 2019
Do childcare institutions affect gender norms of individuals? I examine the introduction of childcare services and their impact on voters' support of policies promoting maternal employment. I address the inherent endogeneity between institutions and attitudes by exploiting regional variation in...
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Gender and the South African labour market : policy relevant research possibilities using South African tax data
Ebrahim, Amina; Lilenstein, Kezia - 2019
This paper has three primary objectives. First, it provides a broad overview of the available South African data used to examine gender in the labour market, with specific reference to the South African Revenue Services (SARS) tax data which has recently been made available. Second, the paper...
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30 Jahre Arbeitsmarktpolitik für Frauen in Österreich
Mairhuber, Ingrid - 2019
Mit dem vorliegenden Bericht "30 Jahre Arbeitsmarktpolitik für Frauen in Österreich", der im Auftrag der Abteilung … "Arbeitsmarktpolitik für Frauen" des Arbeitsmarktservice (AMS) im Jahr 2019 von der Forschungs- und Beratungsstelle Arbeitswelt (FORBA … Verankerung von Gleichstellung und Frauenförderung in der österreichischen Arbeitsmarktpolitik. Andererseits werden inhaltliche …
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Women workers in India : why so few among so many?
Das, Sonali; Jain Chandra, Sonali; Kochhar, Kalpana; … - 2015
This paper examines the determinants of female labor force participation in India, against the backdrop of India having one of the lowest participation rates for women among peer countries. Using extensive Indian household survey data, we model the labor force participation choices of women,...
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