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This paper, based on data from the National Population Health Surveys (NPHS) from 1994 to 2007, analyzes the evolution of social inequalities in health in Quebec since the mid-1990s using two health measures namely self-assessed health (SAH) and health utility index (HUI). Two methods are used....
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, in many African countries, unemployment rates are low and growth is seldom jobless. Regrettably, most of the poor work … long hours and cannot make ends meet while the violation of basic human rights is not uncommon. Again, youth unemployment …
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The scope of the paper is to estimate post-program effects in fostering good transitions from unemployment to work …
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This paper investigates wage inequality and wage mobility in Turkey using the Surveys on Income and Living Conditions (SILC). This is the first paper that explores wage mobility for Turkey. It differs from the existing literature by providing analyses of wage inequality and wage mobility over...
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, taxation of labour, active labour market policy, the system of unemployment and social benefits. All these aspects determine … on employment or unemployment. The second chapter is composed of the comparative analysis of selected criteria and … or Anglo-Saxon countries. The main problem of Visegrad group is long-term unemployment and its composition and a lower …
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shocks temporarily increase unemployment. Positive labor demand shocks increase employment, depress unemployment, rise real … average wages, and were found to be the main determinant of variability of employment and unemployment in the short-run. In … employment and unemployment. The retrospective simulations of the model show that Baltic states and Poland were significantly …
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double digit) as well as experiencing a severe recession (as the unemployment rate has risen astronomically). Consequently, a …
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The OECD’s unemployment problem is largely concentrated among low-skilled workers. In this paper, four explanations of … low-skilled workers’ unemployment are examined: wage-setting institutions, employment regulation, globalization, and … achieve low rates of low-skilled unemployment. In contrast, investment in active labour market policies pays off in form of …
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, unemployment, hours worked and wages. It highlights differences in the response of employment and unemployment across countries and … monthly job finding and separation rates. This helps to assess whether the increase in unemployment is due to an increase of … dynamics of unemployment and employment across different periods. It provides evidence of an asymmetric response over the cycle …
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After entering the European Union (EU) Latvia faced new possibilities in international labor market. In 2004 several member states opened their labor markets to workers from Latvia. The largest amount of labor force went to Ireland, Great Britain and Sweden. In these countries salaries were...
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