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Measuring the Labor Market at the Onset of the COVID-19 Crisis
Brookings Papers on Economic Activity, 2020 :We use traditional and nontraditional data to measure the collapse and partial recovery of the US labor market from March to early July, contrast this downturn to previous recessions, and provide preliminary evidence on the effects of the policy ...
Alexander W. Bartik +4 more
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A Review of 3D Printing in Construction and its Impact on the Labor Market
Sustainability, 2020 Construction industry is very labor-intensive and one of the major sources of employment in the world. The industry is experiencing low productivity with minimum technological innovations for decades.
Md. Aslam Hossain +3 more
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Children and the Remaining Gender Gaps in the Labor Market
Social Science Research Network, 2020 The past five decades have seen a remarkable convergence in the economic roles of men and women in society. Yet, persistently large gender gaps in terms of labor supply, earnings, and representation in top jobs remain.
Patricia Cortés, Jessica Pan
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Tied Migrant Labor Market Integration: Deconstructing Labor Market Subjectivities in South Africa
Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 The South African labor market is characterized by a high degree of inflexibility and complexity which poses significant challenges for both indigenes and migrants looking to be integrated into the labor market.
Farirai Zinatsa, Musawenkosi D. Saurombe
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Expanded production of labor-intensive crops increases agricultural employment
California Agriculture, 2004 The production of labor-intensive fruit, vegetable and horticultural specialty crops increased in the 1990s, as did the employment of farmworkers: average annual employment or roughly the number of year-round equivalent jobs rose about ...
Akhtar Khan +2 more
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Decomposing international gender test score differences
Journal for Labour Market Research, 2018 In this paper, we decompose worldwide PISA mathematics and reading scores. While mathematics scores are still tilted towards boys, girls have a larger advantage in reading over boys.
Farzana Munir, Rudolf Winter-Ebmer
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Activation by the ‘Magic Wand’ – Does it Work?
Transylvanian Review of Administrative Sciences, 2023 Can activation programs be considered a ‘magic wand’ that triggers a change of incentives, with little or no costs, and produces real gains in terms of improved job-finding rates?
Matija Vodopivec +2 more
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, 2011 This thesis focuses on corporate governance and the executive labor market. Through my research, I unveil new mechanisms that in uence the relationship between shareholders, stakeholders and top executives; highlighting new determinants of the matching between top executives and firms.
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Artificial Intelligence: The Ambiguous Labor Market Impact of Automating Prediction
Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2019 Recent advances in artificial intelligence are primarily driven by machine learning, a prediction technology. Prediction is useful because it is an input into decision-making.
A. Agrawal, J. Gans, Avi Goldfarb
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Labor Market Policies in Informal Labor Markets
, 2021 This thesis analyzes three different labor market policies implemented in countries characterized by high levels of informal employment. Chapter 1, joint with Hannah Liepmann, estimates the welfare effects of unemployment benefits in Mauritius and assesses the role played by informal jobs.
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