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The integration of active labour market policies within income support schemes - such as unemployment insurance and …). We first develop a conceptual framework to understand how integrated policies can address labour market challenges …, exploring the theoretical effects they exert on selected labour market and social dimensions. We then contrast these theoretical …
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of the informal jobs and enterprises. While public employment services (PES) are at different levels in different … and North Africa regions (SSA and MENA) aimed at reviewing the status of employment service provision, challenges and … opportunities for their development 4207 Given the enormous employment challenges in the Sub Saharan Africa and Middle East and …
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Following massive take-up rates during the COVID-19 period, short-time work (STW) policies have attracted renewed interest. In this paper, we take stock of this policy instrument and provide a critical review of STW systems in Europe. We focus on the objectives of STW programs and their primary...
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Specialized Employment Survey 1998-2001, we estimate a quasi-experimental difference-in-difference model. We find that this …
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The paper asks whether trade can help to achieve the employment targets of the Sustainable Development Goals. The focus … is on Goal 8, which is to "promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable growth, full and productive employment, and … decent work for all." The theoretical and empirical links between trade and employment are examined to suggest whether trade …
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today do not imply a discontinuity in terms of automation and labour replacement possibilities. Instead, current robot … long time. In fact, these automation technologies arguably had their biggest employment impact generations ago, partially … explaining changes in employment structures in agricultural and manufacturing sectors that go back to the Industrial Revolution …
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Job creation has lowered unemployment, but the Belgian labour market still faces many challenges. Employment rates … a detailed analysis of policy priorities, drawing notably on insights from the OECD Jobs Strategy. One priority should … combination of income support and incentives could be achieved through reforming both unemployment and in-work benefits. Reforming …
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Refugees, and immigrants more generally, often do not have access to all jobs in the labor market. We argue that … restrictions on employment opportunities help explain why immigrants have lower employment and wages than native citizens. To test … market restrictions, and linked register data 1999-2016. We document large negative employment and earnings effects of …
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Refugees, and immigrants more generally, often do not have access to all jobs in the labor market. We argue that … restrictions on employment opportunities help explain why immigrants have lower employment and wages than native citizens. To test … market restrictions, and linked register data 1999-2016. We document large negative employment and earnings effects of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013500894