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Despite a sizable population and modest status as a low middle-income country, Vietnam has recorded a low COVID-19 fatality rate that rivals those of richer countries with far larger spending on health. We offer an early review of the emerging literatures in public health and economics on the...
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on the evolution of unemployment as well as inactivity across European countries. Indeed, previous crises have typically … lead not only to more unemployment but also to larger numbers of discouraged unemployed and thus more inactivity. It … experienced higher unemployment. In many other countries, unemployment and inactivity remained remarkably stable despite COVID-19. …
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unemployment on the level of regional labor markets. Using variation in the regional exposure to the new wage floor, we employ a … difference-in-differences approach that compares the evolution of employment and unemployment between regions with varying … reduction is not accompanied by a proportional increase in unemployment. …
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and Income Security (EIS) to strengthen the inclusive function and stabilisation impact of national unemployment insurance …
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Youth unemployment has become a severe economic and societal problem in many European countries. Based on the existing …
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This paper assesses the current situation of youth unemployment in the European Union. In this context, the main …
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' and calling for a complete change of social security institutions that have so far been closely linked to employment … complexity of institutions corresponding to the increasing variability of employment relationships. The paper (1) starts with … institutions and (3) applies this framework to develop suggestions of new security provisions to the main forms of non …
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There is considerable concern regarding the prospective development of employment levels and job types in the future. The paper tries to highlight major trends shaping the world of work in developed economies with the aim of giving a realistic account of probable developments and the...
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Inequality has increased considerably in many Western countries over the past decades. When dealing with economic inequality as a research subject the question "inequality of what among whom" arises. Analyses of inequality are typically concerned with the distribution of wages, earnings or...
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market institutions – designed for each country specifically. …
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