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Digitalisation and labour markets in developing countries

Fietz, Katharina; Lay, Jann - 2023

Digitalisation has a major impact on labour markets in developing countries. While Internet access expands, digital platforms proliferate and "gig-work" is performed in the Global South, access to and use of digital technologies remains far from universal. As the scope and speed of...

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Regional adaptability to digital change: May the Swabian force be with you

Neumann, Uwe - 2023

The study explores to what extent adaptation to digital change has affected regional employment growth and regional disparities in Germany over the past decade. Using data from administrative sources the analysis finds no evidence for a net decline in employment in connection with technological...

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Geographic Mobility over the Life-Cycle

Diaz, Antonia; Jáñez, Álvaro; Wellschmied, Felix - 2023

a high-unemployment urban area carries with it a large welfare penalty. Less stable jobs, slower skill accumulation …. In contrast, several policies that encourage people to move to low-unemployment urban areas increase these welfare losses …

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COVID-19 Pandemic and the Health and Well-being of Vulnerable People in Vietnam

Dang, Hai-Anh; Do, Minh N. N. - 2022

Despite a sizable population and modest status as a low middle-income country, Vietnam has recorded a low COVID-19 fatality rate that rivals those of richer countries with far larger spending on health. We offer an early review of the emerging literatures in public health and economics on the...

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Antitrust enforcement increases economic activity

Babina, Tania; Barkai, Simcha; Jeffers, Jessica; … - 2023

We hand-collect and standardize information describing all 3,055 antitrust lawsuits brought by the Department of Justice (DOJ) between 1971 and 2018. Using restricted establishment-level microdata from the U.S. Census, we compare the economic outcomes of a non-tradable industry in states...

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Woher kam der deutsche Arbeitsmarktaufschwung? Und wie kann es weitergehen?

Hutter, Christian; Weber, Enzo - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 103 (2023) 9, pp. 607-612

Während die Arbeitsmärkte in Europa und auf der ganzen Welt unter den Auswirkungen der großen Rezession 2008/2009 und der europäischen Schuldenkrise 2012/2013 zu leiden hatten, war in Deutschland ein starker und anhaltender Aufschwung auf dem Arbeitsmarkt zu beobachten. Bis vor Corona hatte...

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The tail that wagged the dog: What explains the persistent employment effect of the 10-day PPP funding delay?

Gorbachev, Olga; Luengo-Prado, Maria José; Wang, J. … - 2023

This study explores the mechanisms explaining the large, persistent effect of the 10-day funding delay in the 2020 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) on employment recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic, as estimated by Doniger and Kay (2021). We find that the top 1 percent of urban counties by...

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What do 25 million records of small businesses say about the effects of the PPP?

Joaquim, Gustavo; Wang, J. Christina - 2022

We utilize Dun & Bradstreet data on firms' financial condition to examine the allocation of Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans and their impact. Three main findings emerge. First, firms in better financial condition prior to the COVID outbreak were advantaged in the allocation of PPP loans....

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The long-term earnings' effects of a credit market disruption

Adamopoulou, Effrosyni; De Philippis, Marta; Sette, Enrico - 2023

This paper studies the long-term consequences on firms and workers of the credit crunch triggered by the 2007-2008 global financial crisis. Relying on a unique matched bank-employer-employee administrative dataset, we construct a firm-specific credit supply shock and examine firms' and workers'...

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An assessment of the social work program in Turkey in terms of labour market experience and professional skill attainment

Arpat, Bulent; Namal, Mete Kaan; Kocanci, Mustafa; … - In: Amfiteatru Economic Journal 23 (2021) 57, pp. 548-569

higher education institutions cannot create adequate value in the market and in turn which causes the youth unemployment to …, in which students work at public institutions during their university education to gain experience, professional skills … become prominent as an active and robust workplace policy in fighting youth unemployment. …

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