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Effects of Business Cycles on Labour Market Assimilation of Immigrants
Aydemir, Abdurrahman - EconWPA - 2003
along with employment outcomes are explored. The study uses 19 annual cross-sections of the Survey of Consumer Finances … conditions at the time of labour market entry have adverse impacts on both labour force participation and employment. With the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408346
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Effects of Business Cycles on Labour Market Assimilation of Immigrants
Aydemir, Abdurrahman - EconWPA - 2003
along with employment outcomes are explored. The study uses 19 annual cross-sections of the Survey of Consumer Finances … conditions at the time of labour market entry have adverse impacts on both labour force participation and employment. With the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005408360
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Key emerging and conceptual issues in the development of the rural non-farm economy in developing countries and transition economies
Davis, Junior; Bezemer, Dirk - EconWPA - 2005
The rural non-farm economy (RNFE) is of interest to governments, multilateral donor organisations, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and development practitioners because of its increasing prevalence in both developing and transition economies. In many parts of the world, the number of poor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556006
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Distribution of the Economic Gains of the 1990s
Parham, Dean; Barnes, Paula; Roberts, Paul; Kennett, Sharon - EconWPA - 2001
„h Australia¡¦s surge in productivity growth in the 1990s fuelled an acceleration in growth in total income and average income (income per person in Australia). ¡V Annual average income growth accelerated from 1.4 per cent in the 1970s and 1980s to 2.5 per cent in the 1990s. ¡V Faster...
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Pig and pigmeat industries: safeguard action against imports
Commission, Productivity - EconWPA - 2001
On 26 June 1998 the Treasurer referred the question of whether safeguard action is warranted against imports of meat of swine, frozen, falling within tariff sub-heading 0203.29 of the Australian Customs Tariff. The Productivity Commission is to report within 140 days (or earlier) and is to hold...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556418
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IMPORTING JOBS AND EXPORTING FIRMS? ON THE WAGE AND EMPLOYMENT IMPLICATIONS OF ITALY’S TRADE AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FLOWS
Helg, Rodolfo; Faini, Riccardo; Falzoni, Anna M.; … - EconWPA - 2001
International economic integration is often blamed for the deteriorating fortunes of unskilled workers in industrial countries. We look at the labor market impact of trade and foreign direct investment in the case of Italy. Our empirical framework allows for trade, technology and factor supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556434
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IMPORTING JOBS AND EXPORTING FIRMS? ON THE WAGE AND EMPLOYMENT IMPLICATIONS OF ITALY’S TRADE AND FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FLOWS
Faini, Riccardo; Falzoni, Anna M.; Galeotti, Marzio; … - EconWPA - 2001
International economic integration is often blamed for the deteriorating fortunes of unskilled workers in industrial countries. We look at the labor market impact of trade and foreign direct investment in the case of Italy. Our empirical framework allows for trade, technology and factor supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556481
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Employment in Poland 2005
Bukowski, Maciej; Lewandowski, Piotr; Magda, Iga; … - EconWPA - 2005
present a comprehensive statistical and econometric analysis of employment, unemployment and participation in Poland in the … employment and participation rates. We begin with a detailed analysis of the reasons of the rapid decrease of employment and … on structural mismatch between labour demand and labour supply in Poland. We find that the employment gap between Poland …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556757
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Skill and Australia's productivity surge
Barnes, Paula; Kennard, Sharon - EconWPA - 2002
Skill and Australia’s Productivity Surge examines the changing demand for skills and the effect of increased skill on productivity growth. It finds that Australia’s productivity surge post 1993-94 was mainly due to factors other than the increase in the skill of the workforce.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556796
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SOLVING THE POVERTY CRISIS IN NIGERIA: AN APPLIED GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM APPROACH
NWAOBI, GODWIN CHUKWUDUM - EconWPA - 2003
(COMPUTABLE)GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM APPROACH, THAT IS A RENEW ATTENTION TO THE PROBLEM OF POVERTY , EMPLOYMENT AND INEQUALITY THAT EARLIER STRATEGIES …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005561515