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Disability and Disadvantage: a Study of a Cohort of Australian Youth
Yu, Peng - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) (2010) 3, pp. 13-13
.g., school achievement), and present circumstances (e.g., participation in education and employment) as well as aspirations and …
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Crime and European labour market policy
Ochsen, Carsten - Institut für Volkswirtschaftlehre, Universität Rostock - 2005
In this paper we investigate the effects of labour market policy on several types of criminal offences for fifteen European countries. The main results are the following: Firstly, the results change markedly if we control for unobserved heterogeneity. In the context of criminal offences the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010958228
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Crime and European Labour Market Policy
Ochsen, Carsten - Institut für Volkswirtschaftlehre, Universität Rostock - 2005
In this paper we investigate the effects of labour market policy on several types of criminal offences for fifteen European countries. The main results are the following: Firstly, the results change markedly if we control for unobserved heterogeneity. In the context of criminal offences the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004988482
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The labour market plans of parenting payment recipients: information from a randomised social experiment
Barrett, Garry F.; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 4, 3, pp. 192-205
This paper reports the preliminary results of a randomised social experiment conducted by the Department of Family and Community Services involving approximately 5,000 Parenting Payment customers. Three samples of Parenting Payment customers were randomly selected. One sample was asked to...
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Labour Market Matters - August 2014
Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2014
University) estimates the effect of workforce aging on youth unemployment, employment, wages and school enrolment. The study …
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The Relative Effects of Unemployment Insurance Parameters on Transitional Labor Supply Decisions
Hotchkiss, Julie L.; Moore, Robert E. - In: Eastern Economic Journal 20 (1994) 1, pp. 21-32
focus on the transitional employment decisions of searchers who are receiving UI. The results suggest that the tax rate is a …
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Employment situation of women in Pakistan
Sadaquat, Mahpara Begum; Sheikh, Qurra-tul-ain Ali - In: International Journal of Social Economics 38 (2011) January, pp. 98-113
concentrated in sector known for low level of productivity, less income stability and low security of employment due to their dual … role at home and workplace. Organized services sector is mostly government services, and provides employment to a small … women employment reveals some qualitative improvement in the employment, due to high literacy rate and educational levels …
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The Great Recession and Material Hardship
Pilkauskas, Natasha V.; Currie, Janet; Garfinkel, Irwin - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2011
Little research looks at the relationship between macroeconomic indicators and material hardship. High unemployment rates as a result of economic downturns are likely to lead to lost income, increased poverty, and material hardship. We examine the effect of the unemployment rate on hardship –...
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Parental job loss and infant health
Lindo, Jason M. - In: Journal of Health Economics 30 (2011) 5, pp. 869-879
This paper is the first to explore the extent to which the health effects of job displacement extend to the children of displaced workers. Using detailed work and fertility histories from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, estimates are identified by comparing the outcomes of children born...
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Clash of Career and Family. Fertility Decisions after Job Displacement
Del Bono, Emilia; Weber, Andrea; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - Department of Economics and Finance Research and … - 2008
In this paper we investigate how fertility decisions respond to unexpected career interruptions which occur as a consequence of job displacement. Using an event study approach we compare the birth rates of displaced women with those of women unaffected by job loss after establishing the...
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