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The unemployed and the formal and informal sectors in South Africa : a macroeconomic analysis

Burger, Philippe; Fourie, Frederick C. v. N. - In: South African journal of economic and management sciences 22 (2019) 1, pp. 1-12

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Rethinking the skills gap : better understanding of skills mismatch is essential to finding effective policy options

Rathelot, Roland; Rens, Thijs van - 2017

Evidence suggests that productivity would be much higher and unemployment much lower if the supply of and demand for …

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Barbados: Meeting the Challenge of Competitiveness in the 21st Century

Thomas, Desmond; Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; Poon, Auliana; … - Inter-American Development Bank

The material within these pages shows that Barbados, a Caribbean country with just over a quarter of a million people, embodies many of the classic vulnerabilities of an island with a small open economy, yet aspires to developed-country status, and is already well advanced on the road to...

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Productivity, profitability, wages and unemployment : the impact of Malinvaud's theory of rationing in Germany

Hagemann, Harald - In: History of economic ideas : HEI 29 (2021) 1, pp. 115-137

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Barbados: Meeting the Challenge of Competitiveness in the 21st Century

Rojas-Suárez, Liliana; Poon, Auliana; Thomas, Desmond; … - Inter-American Development Bank

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Integrating refugees: A long-term, worthwhile investment

Fratzscher, Marcel; Junker, Simon - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 5 (2015) 45/46, pp. 612-616

The debate about the massive influx of refugees into Germany often focuses solely on the short-term costs. But while these expenditures are bound to be substantial in the coming years, the discussion neglects the long-term economic potential of a successful integration of refugees - often, young...

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Integration von Flüchtlingen: Eine langfristig lohnende Investition

Fratzscher, Marcel; Junker, Simon - In: DIW Wochenbericht 82 (2015) 45, pp. 1083-1088

Der starke Zustrom von Flüchtlingen heizt die Diskussionen in Deutschland an. Dabei wird oft nur auf kurzfristige Kosten geschaut, die in den kommenden Jahren zweifellos massiv sein werden. Dies versperrt den Blick auf potentielle Chancen, die die Zuwanderung - oftmals junger Menschen - der...

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Multiple Equilibria and Minimum Wages in Labor Markets with Informational Frictions and Heterogeneous Production Technologies

van den Berg, Gerard J. - 1999

It is often argued that a mandatory minimum wage is binding only if the wage density displays a spike at it. In this paper we analyze a model with wage setting, search frictions, and heterogeneous production technologies, in which imposition of a minimum wage affects wages even though, after...

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Om förlängd skolgång

Eliasson, Gunnar; Kazamaki Ottersten, Eugenia - 1994

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The determinants of core inflation in the Republic of Macedonia

Petrovska, Magdalena; Nikolov, Misho - In: Journal of Contemporary Economic and Business Issues 5 (2018) 1, pp. 25-34

cumulative core inflation since 2015 but headline unemployment rate much less so. The contribution of trend productivity growth … form of involuntary part-time employment and headline unemployment rate. Both indicators have contributed positively to … post-crisis period-has corresponded with slow pass through from declining unemployment rates to faster wage growth. We …

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