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Labor Markets

open access: yesJournal of Political Economy, 2017
In a market economy, human work is offered and sought in the labor market. It is valued because of the level of demand for it and the rarity of the required qualifications. At the same time, because of the different contexts and conditions, there are many labor markets that are defined as the professional labor markets, local labor markets, dual labor ...
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Urban Labor Markets [PDF]

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Urban labor markets are characterized by the spatial proximity of households and businesses, which offers firms and workers advantages that lead to more efficient markets, enhanced productivity, and greater economic success.
Randall W. Eberts
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Markets Mitigate Land‐Use Competition From Energy Crops and Increase Farm Revenues

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Meeting the US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Grand Challenge target of 35 billion gal annually by 2050 will require an estimated 380 million–700 million dry tons of agricultural biomass feedstock. This study evaluates the implications of large‐scale biomass production for land use, crop production, and market outcomes under mature market ...
Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte   +2 more
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BRIEF RADIOGRAPHY OF THE (IN) INTERNAL MIGRATION AND LABOR SEGMENTATION OF SINALOA

open access: yesRa Ximhai, 2020
The objective of this work is to analyze internal migration in the State of Sinaloa, both those of expulsion and those of attraction to the region, in order to understand the characteristics that help to understand Sinaloan migratory flows, finding ...
Renato Pintor-Sandoval
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Herd Behaviour in Occupational Choice [PDF]

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In this paper we examine why many professional labor markets are disturbed by cycles in the supply of new workers. We present a model where cycles in labor supply are the consequence of herd behavior in occupational choice.
Drost, Andre
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Adapting to Changing Rainfall and Developing Off‐Farm Employment: Implications for the Adoption of Direct Seeding in Rice Production

open access: yesApplied Economic Perspectives and Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Rice is the main staple food for more than half of the world's population and the income from rice is an essential source for livelihoods of millions of households. We examine whether direct seed in rice production is an adaptation of rice farmers to rainfall changes and farm labor scarcity.
Manh Hung Do
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial Differentiation of Labor Markets from the Labor Demand Perspective

open access: yesContemporary Economics, 2010
The labor market is not a homogenous category. Its diversity is a consequence of the specificity of the region, its structure and level of development.
Małgorzata Gawrycka, Anna Szymczak
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Labor Markets of the Northern Territories of Russia in 2019–2023

open access: yesАрктика и Север
The paper analyses the processes taking place in the local labor markets of Russia’s northern territories in 2019–2023. A review of the results of empirical studies showed that the northern territories of the Russian Federation differ in terms of ...
Marina A. Giltman   +2 more
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Adjusting the Labor Supply to Mitigate Violent Shocks: Evidence from Rural Colombia [PDF]

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This paper studies the use of labor markets to mitigate the impact of violent shocks on households in rural areas in Colombia. It examines changes in the labor supply from on-farm to off-farm labor as a means of coping with the violent shock and the ...
Ana María Ibáñez L.   +2 more
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