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and youth employment services enhanced. This Working Paper relates to the 2013 OECD Economic Review of France (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/France). …
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nation’s potential output. Boosting employment prospects is also critical, as the country will soon be ageing at a fast pace …. Despite long working hours, labour utilisation is only average due to structurally low employment rates, particularly at both … ends of the age spectrum, with some marked regional differences. The female employment rate is especially low, in part due …
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Welfare-to-work measures are a central theme of Israel’s labour and social policies to tackle relative poverty, which is concentrated among the Arab-Israeli and Ultra-orthodox (Haredi) communities. Policies include pilot programmes involving private-sector job placement (the “Wisconsin”...
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Over the past decade, the share of jobs not controlled by the state has increased considerably, whilst employment in … enforced remains to be seen. For the time being, de facto employment protection is far less than de jure, with an enduring … wages, nor are they effectively enforced. During the recent slowdown, average wages adjusted rapidly and employment was soon …
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This study provides plausibly causal estimates of the effect of public insurance coverage on the employment of … sizable and statistically meaningful reductions in employment up to at least nine quarters later, with an estimated size of 2 …
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The use of incentive packages has intensified as local governments compete for new plants and corporate relocations, and as private firms increasingly demand a deal. While incentives promise jobs and tax revenue, scholars and practitioners criticize their high cost and limited accountability....
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difference-in-differences models along with the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages to estimate the causal effects of … mandated sick pay on employment and wages. We do not find much evidence that employment or wages were significantly affected by …. Employment decreases of 2 percent lie outside the 92 percent confidence interval and wage decreases of 3 percent lie outside the …
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waivers because of improved economic conditions. Did the work requirements increase employment as intended, or did the policy … merely remove food assistance for ABAWD who - despite an improving economy - still could not find employment? Using data from … the American Community Survey from 2010 to 2016, I analyze the influence of work requirements on employment and SNAP …
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increase employment and to reduce poverty and public assistance. We also find some evidence that higher welfare benefits had …
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during the 1990s and 2000s reduced the negative employment effects of cancer by 63-70 percent. These benefits of medical …
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