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Jobless growth : empirical evidences from the Middle East and North Africa region

Hamia, Mohamad A. Abou - In: Journal for labour market research 49 (2016) 3, pp. 239-251

In this study, we use Okun’s Law to examine whether growth has been jobless in seventeen MENA countries. The methods used are the ARDL approach for the individual country and the panel data analysis for the entire sample. The period considered in this study is from 1980 to 2013. To test for...

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A fiscal job? : an analysis of fiscal policy and the labor market

Bova, Elva; Kolerus, Christina Elisabeth; Tapsoba, … - In: IZA journal of labor policy 4 (2015), pp. 1-17

This paper examines the role of fiscal policies in the dynamics of the labor market. Through the lenses of Okun's Law, we assess how fiscal policy instruments as well as fiscal consolidation and expansion episodes affect labor market outcomes. Using a panel of 34 OECD countries over the period...

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Okun's law and youth unemployment in Germany and Poland

Dunsch, Sophie - 2015

The unemployment rates, especially youth unemployment rates, increased in various countries of Europe over the last … years. This paper examines youth unemployment developments in Germany and Poland with Okun's law to test the hypothesis that …

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Okun's law and youth unemployment in Germany and Poland

Dunsch, Sophie - In: International journal of management and economics 49 (2016) 1, pp. 34-57

Unemployment rates, especially among youth, have increased in various countries of Europe over the last years. This … paper examines changes in youth unemployment in Germany and Poland with Okun's law, testing that young employees are more …

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Youth and gender-specific unemployment and Okun's law in Germany and Poland

Dunsch, Sophie - 2017

The unemployment rates, especially youth unemployment rates, increased in various countries of Europe over the last … years. This paper examines gender-specific youth unemployment developments in Germany and Poland with Okun's law to test the …

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Using state level employment thresholds to explain Okun’s Law

Herzog, Ryan W. - In: IZA journal of labor policy 2 (2013), pp. 1-26

changes in output on unemployment are least sensitive for states with relatively large employment within government … manufacturing sectors. States with lower manufacturing employment have a less sensitive output to unemployment relationship, but the …

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