Developed countries are investing a considerable amount of financial resources on active labour market programs such as training schemes, employment subsidies and public sector job creation, aiming to tackle the problem of persisting unemployment. Along with their rising efforts in this field,...

Demographic trends and ageing are one of the main factors influencing future trends in the socio-economic development of all European countries included in significant changes in labour market structure. This paper analyse the influence of demographic changes on health care demand based on...

The present article "Study of Current and Potential Comparative Advantage of Azerbaijan Economy", which has been prepared as a contribution to the National  Employment Strategy, provides an analysis of the sectors and industries in which Azerbaijan is either currently competitive or there is...

Using a balanced panel data set drawn from TurkStat’s Income and Living Conditions Survey, we examine the transition of Turkish households into and out of poverty. During the four year period (2007-2010) under examination, the relative poverty rate had remained more or less the same in Turkey...

This paper is intended as a first approach to effectiveness of the wage reduction in promoting the international competitiveness of the Portuguese economy. It is general knowledge that the promotion of international competitiveness can be promoted by three distinct pathways. The first is to...

This study aims to evaluate the results of a test of the access to interviews of young men of French and North African origin in order to highlight the possible existence and extent of discriminatory practices against persons of foreign origin (North African). We innovate by the fact that we...

This paper suggests a demand side analysis of informal employment characterised by incompliances with labour tax regulation using a general equilibrium model with overlapping generations. A public social insurance provide benefits to formal employees in retirement, while we allow for an informal...

We study the effects of ethnic diversity, measured by the share of immigrants in the total population in the EU member countries, on the number of establishments and employment in the EU. We distinguish between different industries and between different groups of source (migrant-sending)...

“Input-Output” table which was designed for solution of mutual relation(impact) problem is widely applied tool in the world for conducting economic analysis and forecasting. One of the most important problem of our today’s world is to prevent financial-economic crises in  several...

This Selected Issues paper examines conditions in Colombian labor markets, which present a big challenge to the country. At end-2004, the unemployment rate amounted to 12 percent, and about one-third of the labor force was considered underemployed. The paper reviews labor market developments...