Search Results - subject:"Labour Market"

Regional labour market polarisation in Hungary

Dániel, Zoltán András; Kozma, Dorottya Edina; … - In: Economies : open access journal 14 (2026) 2, pp. 1-13

This study investigates the spatial dimensions of labour market polarization in Hungary by examining the widening gap …-driven risks, and constrained mobility affect the spatial aspects of labour market polarization. It covers all 197 districts of …. From the data, we detected distinct labour market zones, which are dynamic agglomerations, industrial transition zones, and …

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The German labor market after the long boom : what's next?

Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul - 2025

Germany has long been portrayed as the best real-world example of an export-oriented economic model associated with a dualized labor market and welfare state. The success of this export-centered model over the last decades has typically been ascribed to competitiveness due to wage restraint and...

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Beyond backlash : how gender quotas empower women and shape workplace atitudes in Japanese hiring

Nihonsugi, Tsuyoshi; Kamijo, Yoshio; Taguchi, Satoshi; … - 2026

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Stepping stone or exit path : experimental evidence on training the long-term unemployed

Nielson Arendt, Jacob; Bolvig, Iben - 2026

emphasized on-the-job training and contracting the unemployed for a few paid work hours as a stepping stone into the labour … market. Evaluated through a randomised controlled trial, the programme was found to accelerate transitions into part …

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Labor market impacts of an internship program on people with disabilities

Berniell, Inés; Berniell, Lucila; Castillo, Victoria; … - 2026

This paper examines the impact of an internship program in Argentina (Programa Primer Paso; PPP) on the formal employment trajectories of people with disabilities (PwD). Using administrative data from 2002 to 2023 and a staggered difference-in-differences design, we estimate that program...

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Labor market concentration in Germany

Oberfichtner, Michael; Popp, Martin - 2025

Using register data, we document that the average German labor market, defined by hires in combinations of 3-digit occupations, requirement levels, and commuting zones, is highly concentrated (HHI=0.257). By EU antitrust thresholds, 56 percent of these labor markets feature moderate or high...

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Labor market concentration in Germany

Oberfichtner, Michael; Popp, Martin - In: German economic review : GER 26 (2025) 4, pp. 361-393

Using register data, we document that the average German labor market, defined by hires in combinations of 3-digit occupations, requirement levels, and commuting zones, is highly concentrated ( HHI ̄ $\bar{\text{HHI}}$ =0.257). By EU antitrust thresholds, 56 percent of these labor markets...

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Do early active labor market policies improve outcomes of not-yet-unemployed workers? : findings from a randomized field experiment

Berg, Gerard J. van den; Stephan, Gesine; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2025

Inequality is a dynamic phenomenon, and the relative and absolute positions of individuals are subject to frequent shocks. It is important to know if preventive interventions mitigate adverse inequality effects of labor market shocks. We consider individuals up to three months before the...

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Evaluating the Employment Effects of a Labor Market Integration Program for Syrian Refugees and Turkish Nationals in Türkiye

Özen, Efsan Nas; Raju, Dhushyanth - 2025

Causal evidence on the effectiveness of refugee labor market integration programs remains limited. This report presents baseline findings from a randomized controlled trial evaluating such a program for Syrian refugees and Turkish nationals with limited labor market attachment in Türkiye - the...

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State-sanctioned uncertainty : governing the labour market participation of Syrian refugees in Adana, Irbid and Gothenburg

Jung, Alexander; Spehar, Andrea - In: Review of international political economy 32 (2025) 5, pp. 1338-1360

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