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An Overview of the South African Labour Market for the Year Ending 2012 Quarter 1 [PDF]
This is the sixth of a series of fact sheets that analyses changes in the labour market over the preceding 12 month period.
Development Policy Research Unit
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Active labour market policy in 2002
S. Buchta
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ABSTRACT Sustainability labels can help support consumers select more socially and environmentally friendly options, thereby enhancing returns for conscientious producers and promoting the transition to a more sustainable food system. However, consumer confusion regarding labels' meaning undermines their effectiveness.
Monika Hartmann +4 more
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ABSTRACT This study examines food price inflation rate convergence among EU27 Member States from 2005 to 2024, focusing on structural breaks, external shocks, and regional disparities. Using panel unit root tests and club convergence analysis, the findings reveal no overall convergence but identify multiple convergence clubs.
Tibor Bareith, Imre Fertő
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The Role of Labour Market Information for Adjustment: International Comparisons [PDF]
Labour Market Information (LMI) is a policy instrument that governments use to coordinate labour market adjustments. Many approaches are utilized in the provision of this information in OECD countries.
Sharon Qiao, Andrew Sharpe
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ABSTRACT This paper examines the determinants of generative AI (GenAI) knowledge and usage among agricultural extension professionals. Drawing on survey data from agricultural extension personnel in Tennessee, we employ regression analyses and latent Dirichlet allocation (LDA) for topic modeling of open‐ended responses to study the knowledge and usage ...
Abdelaziz Lawani +3 more
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Labour market institutions and labour market performance: A survey of the literature [PDF]
This paper presents a selective survey of the recent literature on labour market institutions. It describes the different empirical approaches used to explore the nexus between labour market institutions and labour market performance.
Alfonso Arpaia, Gilles Mourre
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Evaluation of Swedish youth labour market programmes [PDF]
Der Bericht bewertet und vergleicht direkte Auswirkungen zweier schwedischer Arbeitsmarktprogramme fuer Jugendliche (Praxis fuer Jugendliche, Arbeitsmarkttraining).
Office of Labour Market Policy Evaluation (Germany) +1 more
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Time-related underemployment (wanting to work more hours) has become an entrenched feature of a number of mature economies since the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, recent short-run post-COVID labour shortages notwithstanding.
Donald Houston, Colin Lindsay
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The Power of Unity: Collective Action and Smallholder Agricultural Performance in West Africa
ABSTRACT We analyze the impact of collective action through farmer‐based organizations (FBOs) on smallholders' farm performance and income inequality in Ghana, Benin, The Gambia, and Mali. We find that FBO membership increases cereal yield in Ghana and The Gambia, legume yield in Mali, ruminant numbers in Benin and The Gambia, and total farm income in ...
Emmanuel Donkor +3 more
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