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Unemployment in Africa : How appropriate is the global definition and measurement for policy purpose

Baah-Boateng, William - In: International Journal of Manpower 36 (2015) 5, pp. 650-667

definition of unemployment that accounts for discourage workers and underemployment to show the true picture of labour market …Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to establish the concept of unemployment defined by the International Labour … many jobless adults into the discouraged worker category thereby giving a misleading picture about the unemployment …

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Ethnicity, job search and labor market reintegration of the unemployed

Constant, Amelie F.; Kahanec, Martin; Rinne, Ulf; … - In: International Journal of Manpower 32 (2011) 7, pp. 753-776

representative sample of entrants into unemployment in Germany. The data include a large number of migration variables, allowing us …

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Ethnicity, job search and labor market reintegration of the unemployed

Constant, Amelie F.; Kahanec, Martin; Rinne, Ulf; … - In: International Journal of Manpower 32 (2011) November, pp. 753-776

representative sample of entrants into unemployment in Germany. The data include a large number of migration variables, allowing us …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010539791

Employment and labour markets: some issues for the new millennium

Gregory, Mary - In: International Journal of Manpower 21 (2000) 3/4, pp. 160-176

The deteriorating labour market position of low‐skilled workers challenges economic efficiency and social equity. Four aspects are examined: joblessness among the low‐skilled; the prevalence of low pay among women; persistence in low pay; and the overlap between low pay and household poverty....

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From full employment to employability: a new deal for Britain’s unemployed?

Finn, Dan - In: International Journal of Manpower 21 (2000) 5, pp. 384-399

Britain’s New Labour Government has radically shifted its policy aims away from securing traditional full employment towards the improvement of “employability”. This paper briefly assesses what is meant by employability and how the Government has integrated its “supply side” approach...

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Unemployment, labour market deregulation and the “Third Way”

Green, Roy; Wilson, Andrew - In: International Journal of Manpower 21 (2000) 5, pp. 424-440

Despite improved employment performance across the OECD in the late 1990s, unemployment remains a key issue for …

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Regional diversity of employment structure and outflows from unemployment to employment in Poland

Rogut, Aleksandra; Tokarski, Tomasz - In: International Journal of Manpower 23 (2002) 1, pp. 62-76

Analyses factors determining the outflows from unemployment to employment across regions in Poland over the years 1992 … structure of the regional labour markets in Poland. Concludes that the values of outflows from unemployment to employment are …; and that the employment structure of regional labour markets has a strong impact on outflows from unemployment to …

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Labour‐market policies in Shanghai and Hong Kong : A study of “one country, two systems” in Greater China

Lee, Grace O.M.; Warner, Malcolm - In: International Journal of Manpower 23 (2002) 6, pp. 505-526

‐evaluated vis‐à‐vis both their labour‐market policies. We present a statistical comparison of employment and unemployment in the two …

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Labour market effects of apprenticeship training in Austria

Hofer, Helmut; Lietz, Christine - In: International Journal of Manpower 25 (2004) 1, pp. 104-122

In Austria, the apprenticeship system provides all citizens, including the less able among them, with a training option. Based on social security data, this article examines earnings and the stability of the occupational career of young workers with an apprenticeship diploma. As control groups,...

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Active labour market policy in Scotland: does it make a difference?

Adams, John; Thomas, Ray - In: International Journal of Manpower 28 (2007) 1, pp. 30-41

(NOMIS) to conduct a detailed statistical analysis of the spatial differentials in exits from and entry to unemployment … Scotland have become worse off in terms of the risk of unemployment and despite active labour market intervention. Research … policies in Scotland do not work in terms of reducing the risk of unemployment. Policy needs to focus on creating demand for …

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