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EWE is a consequence of one of the most important labor institutions: the unemployment benefit (UB). We develop a model …
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the local unemployment rate when more refugees arrive. The dynamic panel data estimates are robust to various sensitivity …
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countries: Fiji, Palau and Papua New Guinea. We focus on the main pillars of labour market institutions, as employment …
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labor market policies. More generous unemployment support, which provided income replacement or programs to assist … unemployed workers find jobs, mitigated the negative effects for most of the population, although not youth. In contrast …, stricter employment protection legislation exacerbated the negative effects. We present further evidence that suggests the …
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Estimated labor force participation rates among free women in the pre-Civil War period were exceedingly low. This is due, in part, to cultural or societal expectations of the role of women and the lack of thorough enumeration by Census takers. This paper develops an augmented labor force...
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Following massive take-up rates during the COVID-19 period, short-time work (STW) policies have attracted renewed interest. In this paper, we take stock of this policy instrument and provide a critical review of STW systems in Europe. We focus on the objectives of STW programs and their primary...
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The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic and technological adjustment increased the risk of unemployment …, underemployment and skills mismatch across Europe. These increased risks highlighted the importance of national unemployment benefit … schemes for income security. This article examines the role of industrial relations in shaping unemployment benefit regimes in …
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lead not only to more unemployment but also to larger numbers of discouraged unemployed and thus more inactivity. It … policy-oriented studies have dealt with the evolution of unemployment in 2020, often country by country, this article focuses … on the evolution of unemployment as well as inactivity across European countries. Indeed, previous crises have typically …
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. Using data from the American Community Survey (2008-2023), we estimated effects of the minimum wage on employment, labor … generalized difference-in-differences research design. We found that a higher effective minimum wage leads to reduced employment …
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This research explores the long-term equilibrium relationship between unemployment and labour force participation rates … focused on the study of time series is used to validate the unemployment invariance hypothesis and explore added and … the unemployment invariance hypothesis in several countries appears to reflect some rigidities that prevent the …
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