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The effects of COVID-19 on employment, labour markets and gender equality in Central America

Webster, Allan D.; Khorana, Sangeeta; Pastore, Francesco - 2021

This study considers the economic impact of Covid-19 on enterprises in four Central American countries - El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. At the time of the analysis neither the pandemic nor its economic consequences had fully run their course. It is not, therefore, a definitive...

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China's labor market demand in the shadow of COVID-19 : evidence from an online job board

Zeng, Xiangquan; Chu, Shuai; Chen, Xuan - 2022

Using data of the largest online job board in China, Zhaopin.com, we examine the impacts of the lockdown policy on the Chinese labor market demand during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. The analyses reveal that the lockdown policy, which was implemented in Wuhan on January 23, 2020,...

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China's labor market demand in the shadow of COVID-19 : evidence from an online job board

Zeng, Xiangquan; Chu, Shuai; Chen, Xuan - 2022

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The impact of robots on labor demand : evidence from job vacancy data for South Korea

Kim, Hyejin - 2021

The debate about the impact of robots on employment has been lively. In this paper, we examine the effect of robots on local labor demand in South Korea, one of the most technologically advanced countries in robotics. Using the regional variation in robot exposure constructed from national...

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Can the agroprocessing sector create jobs in Africa? : evidence from Ethiopia, Ghana and Tunisia

Kubik, Zaneta; Tigabu Degu Getahun; Omari, Rose; … - 2022

This paper analyzes the potential of the agroprocessing sector to create jobs in Africa, based on the evidence from Ethiopia, Ghana and Tunisia. The analysis uses both primary qualitative data and secondary quantitative data on formal firms and workers in the agroprocessing sector and shows how...

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Labor demand on a tight leash

Bossler, Mario; Popp, Martin - 2023

In diesem Aufsatz stellen wir ein Arbeitsnachfrage-Modell auf, das Einstellungskosten berücksichtigt, die aufgrund … Arbeitsmarktanspannung auf die betriebliche Arbeitsnachfrage, indem wir neuartige Bartik-Instrumente sowie administrative Beschäftigungsdaten … betriebliche Lohnelastizität der Arbeitsnachfrage durch Einbeziehung von Suchexternalitäten auf der aggregierten Ebene von -0,7 auf …

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Labor demand on a tight leash

Bossler, Mario; Popp, Martin - 2024

We develop a labor demand model that encompasses pre-match hiring cost arising from tight labor markets. Through the lens of the model, we study the effect of labor market tightness on firms' labor demand by applying novel shift-share instruments to the universe of German firms. In line with...

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The economics of gender-specific minimum wage legislation

Marchingiglio, Riccardo; Poyker, Michael - 2024

Using full count U.S. census data, we study the impact of early 20th-century state-industry-specific minimum wage laws that primarily targeted female employees. Our triple-difference estimates suggest a null impact of the minimum wage laws, potentially reflecting disemployment effects and the...

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Microentrepreneurs' gender difference in labor demand

Oladipo, Oluwasheyi; Shim, Hyoung Suk - 2022

This paper empirically examines firm owners' gender difference in labor demand. We estimate the average treatment effect (ATE) of female ownership on employment of the firm using the 2007 Survey of Business Owners (SBO) Public Use Micro Sample (PUMS), provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. Because...

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Job Creation Under Liquidity Constraints : The Spanish Case

Rendon, Sílvio - 2001

This paper shows that liquidity constraints restrict job creation even when labor markets are flexible. In a dynamic model of labor demand, I show that in an environment of imperfect capital and imperfect labor markets, firms use temporary contracts to relax financial constraints. Evidence for...

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