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The labor market in Ireland, 2000-2016
Bergin, Adele; Kelly, Elish - In: IZA World of Labor (2018)
Ireland was hit particularly hard by the global financial crisis, with severe impacts on the labor market. The unemployment rate increased dramatically, and the labor force participation rate declined by four percentage points between 2007 and 2012. Outward migration re-emerged as a safety valve...
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The minimum wage in the dominant firm model
Shilov, Andrey; Tourovsky, Boris - 2008
In diesem Aufsatz gehen wir der Frage nach, wie sich die Einführung eines Mindestlohns in einem 'Dominante-Firma-Modell' auswirken wird. Wir haben gezeigt, dass in einer arbeitsintensiven Industrie, die von einem Großunternehmen dominiert wird, die Einführung eines Mindestlohns kurzfristig zu...
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What have we learned? Assessing labor market institutions and indicators
Eichhorst, Werner; Feil, Michael; Braun, Christoph - 2008
In den letzten Jahren hat sowohl die Anzahl der Studien zu den gesamtwirtschaftlichen Wirkungen von Arbeitsmarktinstitutionen als auch die Zahl der vorhandenen Indikatoren zur Messung dieser Institutionen sehr stark zugenommen. Gut zehn Jahre nach Nickells (1997) maßgeblichem Beitrag über den...
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Reacting quickly and protecting jobs: The short-term impacts of the COVID-19 lockdown on the Greek labor market
Betcherman, Gordon; Giannakopoulos, Nicholas; Laliotis, … - 2020
been expected given trends in recent years. At the same time, employment was about 12 percent lower at the end of June than … industries affected by the crisis and tied the major form of income support to the maintenance of employment relationships. …
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The labor market in Ireland, 2000-2018
Bergin, Adele; Kelly, Elish; Redmond, Paul - In: IZA World of Labor (2020)
Ireland was hit particularly hard by the global financial crisis, with severe impacts on the labor market. Between 2007 and 2013, the unemployment rate increased dramatically, from 5% to 15.5%, and the labor force participation rate declined by almost five percentage points between 2007 and...
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Reacting Quickly and Protecting Jobs: The Short-Term Impacts of the COVID-19 Lockdown on the Greek Labor Market
Betcherman, Gordon; Giannakopoulos, Nicholas; Laliotis, … - 2020
been expected given trends in recent years. At the same time, employment was about 12 percent lower at the end of June than … industries affected by the crisis and tied the major form of income support to the maintenance of employment relationships. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270194
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The Economics of Walking About and Predicting Unemployment
Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - 2021
Unemployment is notoriously difficult to predict. In previous studies, once country fixed effects are added to panel estimates, few variables predict changes in unemployment rates. Using panel data for 29 European countries - Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; Croatia; Cyprus; Czechia; Denmark; Estonia;...
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Let a thousand flowers bloom: A short note on the multidimensional benefits of Chinese immigrants to Canada
2020
A rise in Chinese immigrant arrivals would have respectively decisive and unambiguous positive socio-economic effects on Canadians. The multidimensional positive impacts accruing to Canada from the increased arrival of Hong-Kong, Taiwanese and PRC immigrants would be manifested in terms of the...
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Labour Market Expectations and Unemployment in Europe
Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - 2023
effects and lagged unemployment. We also use industrial firm's expectations of future employment, which are also predictive of …
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Measuring Employment Readiness for Hard-to-Place Individuals
Tranberg Bodilsen, Simon; Nielsen, Søren Albeck; … - 2023
labyrinth of obstacles. While Public Employment Services employ Active Labor Market Policies, their effectiveness for this group … remains uncertain. This study introduces the Employment Readiness Indicator Questionnaire (ERIQ), transcending traditional … employment categories by assessing individuals' progress toward employment and measuring employment readiness for those labeled …
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