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over this period, but ultimately explains little of the rise in unemployment. Third, only a small share of the increase in … unemployment can be attributed to the early retirement policies that were implemented in Europe from the 1970s up until the early … aiming to explain the European unemployment problem. …
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Flexible work arrangements and retirement options provide one solution for the challenges of unemployment and …
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unemployment benefits. Will social welfare rise as a result? Will some groups be winners and other groups be losers? Will the …
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This paper analyses the influence of job discretion on employees' subjective well-being (SWB) from a gender-based approach. Specifically, it explores whether the level of discretion given to employees in performing their jobs influences their SWB and whether this impact differs between women and...
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hours became increasingly differentiated, and starting in 2005, the unemployment rate fell. While the employment increase … the median range, regular types of employment were recently as frequent as they were 20 years ago and unemployment also …
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We study the entry into legitimate employment and earnings of a large sample of convicts released from Hungarian prisons in 2002-08. The employment rate of the prisoners falls short of 20% one year before incarceration, and they earn 25% below the national average. We identify the effect of...
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contribution of each age group to total unemployment-rate differentials is also computed. An estimate of the sensitivity of age …-specific unemployment rates to the economic cycle is provided for OECD countries. France is one of the OECD countries having the highest …’s total unemployment rate differential with best-performing countries. Youth unemployment rate is especially sensitive to …
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We propose a unique method of nowcasting and forecasting GDP growth based on a forward-looking measure of unemployment …
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The study investigates the importance of poor local labor market conditions in explaining the labor market behavior of married women in urban India. Using nationally representative employment data, we empirically test for the existence of a discouraged worker effect arising from either of two...
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This study was conducted by examining the interrelationships between Corruption, Human Resources, and Unemployment in … study aims to examine the relationship that exists between Corruption, Human Resources, and Unemployment so as to provide …, and Unemployment. Our conclusions indicate that corruption makes a considerable contribution to the growth and progress of …
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