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In order to highlight the uneven impact of recession on the labor market in Catalonia (Spain), especially regarding wage structure, this study examines the evolution of its main variables in the period 2005-2012 from a gender perspective. For ten years prior to recession, female employment...
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In Catalonia, between 2008 and 2014, the rate of youth unemployment has exponentially increased and it has turned into …
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growth. We find no clear effects on the unemployment rate and wages …
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youth unemployment in Europe? Economic theory predicts that in the absence of perfectly competitive labour markets, changes … in the relative size of age groups will cause changes in age-specific unemployment rates. In light of the expected … areas of low unemployment, the empirical analysis employs an instrumental variables estimator to identify the causal effect …
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the Beveridge curve in Austria. We find empirical evidence to confirm that the increase in the unemployment rate in …
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that had been characterized for many years by high unemployment and declining employment. Beginning in 2005, however, the … young and smaller cohorts has affected the declining unemployment rate in East Germany. This paper tackles the question of … the ties between demography and unemployment in East Germany and to this end draws on the concepts of the cohort crowding …
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This paper analyses a local marketing campaign that provided information about unproven age-re-lated stereotypes and the value of older workers in Germany. The campaign was designed to increase the hiring rate of older workers. Using comprehensive register data, we find that the information...
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Much research has been done showing that unemployment can cause crime, and that crime adversely impacts economic … find evidence for the possibility of a vicious cycle, with unemployment leading to higher crime rates and crime rates … raising unemployment. I further find that especially employment in low-skill service jobs is adversely affected by crime, that …
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This paper assesses the impact of the crisis on the NEET rate and on the youth unemployment rate (YUR) of the EU …
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partners in the marriage market and switch between employment and unemployment in the labor market. In the marriage market … labor market divorces triggered by unemployment has decreased significantly. …
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