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unusually large variance in labor policy in Chile to examine how different labor market regulations affect the distribution of … employment and the employment rates across age, gender and skill levels. To this effect, we use a sample of repeated cross …
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. -- precarious work ; job insecurity ; gender ; job quality ; unemployment … known institutional characteristics. In general, subjective employment insecurity tracks the unemployment rate …
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Using micro-data from the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), this paper seeks to answer how age, gender and … correlated with pay. Age, gender and parenthood are strongly correlated with both pay and employment. The weak link between …
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This paper develops a statistical profiling model of long-term unemployment risk in Ireland using a combination of … history of long-term unemployment, advanced age, number of children, relatively low levels of education, literacy … that larger proportions of females were at risk of falling into long-term unemployment. We find evidence that community …
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This paper studies net employment growth across 21 OECD economies in 1980-97, focusing on experiences within the European Union. It finds that sectoral effects can only partially account for differences in job creation. By contrast, it shows that a policy package including low taxation and...
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This paper studies net employment growth across 21 OECD economies in 1980-97, focusing on experiences within the European Union. It finds that sectoral effects can only partially account for differences in job creation. By contrast, it shows that a policy package including low taxation and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014400873
Governments regulate employment to protect workers and to improve labor market efficiency. However, employment regulations can be controversial, often complicated by opposing ideological views. Thus, it is important for policymakers in developing countries to base decisions on empirical evidence...
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Governments regulate employment to protect workers and improve labor market efficiency. But, regulations, such as minimum wages and job security rules, can be controversial. Thus, decisions on setting employment regulations should be based on empirical evidence of their likely impacts. Research...
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"This paper extends the job creation - job destruction approach to the labor market to take into account the life-cycle of workers. Forward looking decisions about hiring and firing depend on the time over which to recoup adjustment costs. The equilibrium is typically featured by increasing...
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