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Unemployment and Structural Unemployment in the Baltics

open access: yesIMF Working Papers, 2014
While the unemployment rate in the Baltics has fallen sharply from its crisis-peaks, it remains close to double digits. This paper estimates the structural component of the jobless rate in the three Baltic countries and analyzes its causes. Our main findings are that the current still elevated levels of unemployment mostly reflect structural factors ...
Christian H Ebeke, Greetje Everaert
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Unemployment insurance and seasonal unemployment [PDF]

open access: yesEconomy and History, 1978
Abstract The increased interest in labor market theory and policy during the past years has also intensified the interest in the design and effects of the unemployment insurance system. Previously, economists concentrated mainly on the role of the system as an automatic stabilizer and on its effect on the income distribution.
E. Wadensjö, P. G. Edebalk
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Is the Unemployment Rate in Sweden Really 17 Percent? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
This report finds the U.S. unemployment rate would be 13 percent using a methodology frequently cited in critiques of Sweden's "real" unemployment rate. The McKinsey Global Institute's calculations of Sweden's "de-facto" unemployment rate as 17 percent -
John Schmitt
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Assessing Haitian Consumers' Willingness to Pay a Premium for Aflatoxin‐Compliant Peanut Butter in the Informal Market

open access: yesAgribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Market‐based solutions are increasingly tested to address aflatoxin issues in peanuts in developing countries. Although previous studies have found that Haitian grocery store shoppers are willing to pay a 21% premium for peanut butter with levels of aflatoxin that meet international standards, no information is available for the much larger ...
Phendy Jacques   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

POLA INFLASI DAN PENGANGGURAN DI NEGARA NEGARA ASEAN TAHUN 2003 – 2012

open access: yesJurnal Ekonomi Pembangunan, 2014
This Research aims to analyze the relation between Inflation and Unemployment in ASEAN countries from 2003 until 2012. The variable used are Inflation and Unemployment.
Reiny Seruni
doaj   +1 more source

Promoting radical healing to facilitate community capacity building among formerly incarcerated Black and Latino men with substance use disorders

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study reports on a qualitative thematic analysis of secondary data from group session recordings collected as part of the Community Wise Optimization Trial. Community Wise is a multilevel behavioral intervention designed to increase critical consciousness and reduce substance use among formerly incarcerated men living in predominantly ...
Richmond E. Hayes   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The analysis of the population economic activity and unemployment in the South Moravian region

open access: yesActa Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis, 2005
This article deals with analysis of the South Moravian region population economic activity and unemployment state and development. The analysis of the population economic activity and unemployment is a part of the demographic, social and economic ...
Jaroslava Hudečková
doaj   +1 more source

Trade in Unemployment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
We embed a model of the labor market with sector-specific search-and-matching frictions into a Ricardian model with a continuum of goods to show that trade liberalization causes higher unemployment in countries with comparative advantage in sectors with strong labor market frictions and leads to lower unemployment in countries with comparative ...
Carrere, Céline   +3 more
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Unemployment Insurance

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2013
Unemployment insurance (UI) provides temporary income support to workers who have lost their jobs and are seeking reemployment. This chapter reviews the origins of the federal-state UI system in the United States and outlines its principles and goals. It also describes the conditions for benefit eligibility, the benefits themselves, and their financing.
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Resolving unemployment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
There are 26 million unemployed in the EU, and no improvement is predicted for several years. But at the same time there are many unremitting needs in social housing, education and culture, nurseries, health, correct treatment of psychiatric patients ...
Roels, Frank
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