scholarly journals Structural Transformation and Labor Market Performance in Ghana

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mpumelelo Nxumalo ◽  
Dhushyanth Raju
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Structural Transformation ◽  
Market Performance

The ‘Stop-out’ Experience and the Labor Market Performance

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 21-41
Author(s):  
GiSeung Kim ◽  
Shuangshuang Hou
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Market Performance

scholarly journals Early Smoking, Education, and Labor Market Performance

De Economist ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 165 (3) ◽  
pp. 225-270
Author(s):  
Ali Palali
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Market Performance

scholarly journals LABOR MARKET PERFORMANCE EFFECTS OF DISCRIMINATION AND LOSS OF SKILL

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 1574-1595
Author(s):  
Birthe Larsen ◽  
Gisela Waisman
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Market Performance ◽  
Performance Effects

scholarly journals Impacts of Labor Market Institutions and Demographic Factors on Labor Markets in Latin America

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (155) ◽  
Author(s):  
Adriana Kugler
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Older Workers ◽  
Market Performance ◽  
Demographic Factors ◽  
Employment Protection ◽  
Labor Market Institutions ◽  
Market Institutions ◽  
Payroll Taxes ◽  
The Impact

This paper documents recent labor market performance in the Latin American region. The paper shows that unemployment, informality, and inequality have been falling over the past two decades, though still remain high. By contrast, productivity has remained stubbornly low. The paper, then, turns to the potential impacts of various labor market institutions, including employment protection legislation (EPL), minimum wages (MW), payroll taxes, unemployment insurance (UI) and collective bargaining, as well as the impacts of demographic changes on labor market performance. The paper relies on evidence from carefully conducted studies based on micro-data for countries in the region and for other countries with similar income levels to draw conclusions on the impact of labor market institutions and demographic factors on unemployment, informality, inequality and productivity. The decreases in unemployment and informality can be partly explained by the reduced strictness of EPL and payroll taxes, but also by the increased shares of more educated and older workers. By contrast, the fall in inequality starting in 2002 can be explained by a combination of binding MW throughout most of the region and, to a lesser extent, by the introduction of UI systems in some countries and the role of unions in countries with moderate unionization rates. Falling inequality can also be explained by the fall in the returns to skill associated with increased share of more educated and older workers.

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