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Unemployment, Underemployment, and Employment Opportunities: Results from a Correspondence Audit of the Labor Market for College Graduates
Nunley, John M.; Pugh, Adam; Romero, Nicholas; Seals, … - Department of Economics, Auburn University - 2014
We conduct a résumé audit to estimate the impact of unemployment and underemployment on the employment prospects facing … recent college graduates. We find no evidence that employers use current or past unemployment spells, regardless of their … obtained while completing one's degree reduces the negative effects of underemployment substantially. …
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Colombia; Selected Issues
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2005
. At end-2004, the unemployment rate amounted to 12 percent, and about one-third of the labor force was considered …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005824954
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Surveys of economically active population, employment, unemployment and underemployment : an ILO manual on concepts and methods
Hussmanns, Ralf; Mehran, Farhad; Verma, Vijay - 1990
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004108020
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Rwanda: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This paper focuses on Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy (EDPRS) 2013–2018 for Rwanda. Ownership of the EDPRS by a wide range of stakeholders at national level has been a key factor of success. The EDPRS 2 has integrated inclusiveness and sustainability as driving factors...
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Macroeconomic Evaluation of Labor Market Reform in Germany
Krebs, Tom; Scheffel, Martin - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2013
German unemployment insurance system and resulted in a significant reduction in unemployment benefits for the long …-term unemployed. In this paper, we use an incomplete-market model with search unemployment to evaluate the macro-economic and welfare …-run (noncyclical) unemployment rate in Germany by 1.4 percentage points. We also find that the welfare of employed households increases …
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Slovak Republic; 2013 Article IV Consultation
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
This 2013 Article IV Consultation highlights that following a sharp downturn in 2009 in the context of the global economic and financial crisis, Slovakia emerged as one of the fastest-growing economies in the European Union, supported in particular by substantial foreign investment in the auto...
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The Human Cost of Recessions; Assessing It, Reducing It
Dao, Mai; Loungani, Prakash - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010
present resulting from the Great Recession of 2007–09. We assess the human cost of increased unemployment by surveying what …
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Professionals in search of work : coping with the stress of job loss and underemployment
Kaufman, Harold G. - 1982 - 1. [Dr.]
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Argentina; Macroeconomic Crisis and Household Vulnerability
Inchauste, Gabriela; Corbacho, Ana; Garcia-Escribano, … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
Using urban household surveys, we constructed a panel dataset to study the effects of the Argentine macroeconomic crisis of 1999-2002 with the aim of (1) identifying the most vulnerable households, (2) investigating whether employment in the public sector and government spending served to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005826087
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Bangladesh; Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2013
The Sixth Five Year Plan, as outlined in Bangladesh's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper, targets strategic growth and employment. The medium-term macroeconomic framework plan entails the involvement of both the private and public sectors. Human resources development strategy programs reaching out...
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