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Unemployment burden and its distribution: Theory and evidence from India

Motiram, Sripad; Naraparaju, Karthikeya - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2014

employment and unemployment during the period 1993-2012. We show that unemployment has generally fallen in this period, but this …

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A case of ritual compliance? The role of European Structural Funds in the shaping of the Greek employment policy (1995‐2008)

Ioannidis, Yiorgos - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

The relation of the Greek employment policy to the European one, as it was formulated within EES and the Lisbon … strategy, was a particular one. The Greek employment policy fully adopted the form, the structure and the discourse of the EES … but it was only marginally influenced by the “way of doing things.” The compliance of the Greek employment policy with the …

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Impact of the Great Recession on unemployed and NEET individuals’ labour market transitions in Ireland

Kelly, Elish; McGuinness, Seamus - In: Economic Systems 39 (2015) 1, pp. 59-71

rate of transition to employment fell dramatically between 2006 and 2011. The analysis showed that the drop in the groups …

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Impediments to the Productive Employment of Labor in Japan

Ono, Hiroshi; Rebick, Marcus - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2002

We examine a number of personnel practices, laws and regulations that lower the supply of labor in the Japanese economy. Broadly speaking, there are two kinds of impediments, those that restrict the movement of labor between firms, and those that discourage women from participating to a greater...

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Reformkonzepte zur Erhöhung der Beschäftigung im Niedriglohnbereich: Ein Überblick

Sinn, Hans-Werner; Meister, Wolfgang; Ochel, Wolfgang; … - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 60 (2007) 04, pp. 03-20

Nachdem das ifo Institut im Mai des Jahres 2002 seine Studie zur Aktivierenden Sozialhilfe vorgestellt hatte, wurde in Deutschland eine Diskussion zu den Möglichkeiten einer aktivierenden Sozialpolitik zum Zwecke der Entwicklung des Niedriglohnsektors geführt. Am Beginn der Diskussion standen...

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Unemployment and work incentives

Sirovátka, Tomáš; Žižlavský, Martin - In: Politická ekonomie 2003 (2003) 3

In this paper we explore how unemployment benefits and other social benefits affect work incentives in the Czech Republic. We test the link between replacement rates and reservation wages taking duration of unemployment into account and we specify validity of the outlined model using replacement...

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Performances nordiques et flexicurité : quelles relations ?.

Lefebvre, Alain; Méda, Dominique - Université Paris-Dauphine - 2008

The Nordic performances – and specially the Danish success – as regards employment, but also in the field of fighting … component, the flexibility of the labour market, sometimes limited to a low level of employment protection. This article tries … flexibility and other components of the “Danish golden triangle” (the generous compensation for unemployment and active employment …

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The Effect of Host Society Culture on Migrant Wage Discrimination: Approaching the Roestigraben

Kohler, Pierre - International Economics Section, The Graduate Institute … - 2012

This paper investigates whether host society culture affects migrant wage discrimination, i.e. whether migrant wage discrimination is more intense in host societies where culture is more inward-looking. The motivation for this investigation in the Swiss context stems from two stylized facts...

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Economic Discrimination and Cultural Differences as Barriers to Migrant Integration: Is Reverse Causality Symmetric?

Kohler, Pierre - International Economics Section, The Graduate Institute … - 2012

This paper examines the endogenous relationship between the economic and cultural integration of migrants in Switzerland or, more precisely, how economic and cultural barriers to integration reinforce each other. Are cultural differences preventing the successful integration of migrants or does...

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IHRM and Effective Global Staffing Systems in the Iranian Context

NORUZI, Mohammad Reza; WESTOVER, Jonathan H. - In: Timisoara Journal of Economics 3 (2010) 2(10), pp. 119-124

“The creation of global HR systems remains a real challenge for organizations fighting to stay competitive in a globalized marketplace” (Wiechmann & et al, 2003, p.71). In addressing this ongoing “challenge,” in this paper we first examine important global staffing issues and the...

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