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This paper studies the impact of informality on the long-run relationship between inflation and unemployment in … money and credit coexist. An increase in inflation affects unemployment through two channels: the matching channel and the … unemployment. On the other hand, the lower impact of inflation on formal transactions where credit is partially available shifts …
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This paper examines whether a greater concentration of foreigners increases the likelihood of unemployment in local …
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Education’s role in determining worker incomes in China’s rapidly changing urban labor markets is investigated in this paper. Using worker data from a 1999-2000 urban enterprise survey, we examine the effects of education on the current earnings of continuously-employed urban workers,...
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shocks were large and widespread, and were particularly hard on older workers and women. Unemployment reached double digits …
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COVID-19 abruptly impacted the labor market with the unemployment rate jumping to 14.7 percent less than two months … after state governments began adopting social distancing measures. Unemployment of this magnitude has not been seen since … the Great Depression. This paper provides the first study of how the pandemic impacted minority unemployment using CPS …
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COVID-19 abruptly impacted the labor market with the unemployment rate jumping to 14.7 percent less than two months … after state governments began adopting social distancing measures. Unemployment of this magnitude has not been seen since … the Great Depression. This paper provides the first study of how the pandemic impacted minority unemployment using CPS …
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achievement of plausible target unemployment rates, disaggregated by age and gender. Second, we analyze the job creation needs … coming decades. Overall, shifting demographics, changing labor force participation rates, reductions in unemployment to the …
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of non-standard and precarious employment. Women and men have relatively equal levels of unemployment at present, but the … course, while men are more likely to experience unemployment at the entry and exit points to the labor market. Unemployment … measures are directed mainly at alleviating the sources of male unemployment. Employment deregulation in Japan embodies varying …
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Structural transformation can spur economic growth and development if it increases overall productivity growth. A labor market environment that enables workers and enterprises to transition smoothly across sectors and into more productive economic pursuits can enhance the effect of structural...
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