Labor market segmentation and the implications for public sector retrenchment programs

Article Abstract:

An empirical model was developed in an effort to evaluate Africa's economy in the context of labor market policies. The proposed model was used to analyze survey results gathered from 1728 Conakry residents. It was found that Africa's non-wage and wage sectors are heavily segmented, and are significantly influenced by gender and ethnicity factors. It was further revealed that transition paths taken by public sector laborers are significantly influenced by personal characteristics, which in turn, affect earning opportunities of workers.

Economic research, Africa, Downsizing (Management)

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Learning from transition economies: assessing labor market policies across Central and Eastern Europe

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The alteration of unemployment benefit scheme in Central and Eastern Europe brought about significant improvements in the regions' active labor market policy spending. According to high-frequency and district-level data on unemployment problems encountered by developing countries, the transition was instrumental in addressing the social cost of employment difficulties. By introducing radical structural changes in labor market policies, Central and Eastern Europe were able to alleviate the long-term implications of unemployment.

Eastern Europe, Central Europe, Structural unemployment

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Returns to mobility in the transition to a market economy

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A study was conducted to design and estimate an econometric framework that supports the isolation of the effects of dismissal and job offer arrival rates and wage offer distributions on transition probabilities and wage payments. Data from the Polish Labor Force Survey were utilized to carry out the analysis. Results indicated that reductions in the generosity of unemployment benefits do not boost outflows from the unemployed state.

Econometrics & Model Building, Econometrics, Unemployment, Capitalism, Business models

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