Skills and youth entrepreneurship in Africa: Analysis with evidence from Swaziland

Z Brixiová, M Ncube, Z Bicaba - World development, 2015 - Elsevier
The shortage of entrepreneurial skills has lowered search effectiveness of potential young
entrepreneurs and the rate of youth start-ups. This paper contributes to closing a gap in the …

Statistical analyses of digital divide factors

L Várallyai, M Herdon, S Botos - Procedia Economics and Finance, 2015 - Elsevier
The digital divide has become an extremely important issue for many international
organizations and a major challenge for policy makers and academic researchers. We have …

Unemployment and education mismatch in the EU before and after the financial crisis

F Pompei, E Selezneva - Journal of Policy Modeling, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper investigates whether general formal education still helps youth avoid situations of
unemployment and inactivity in favour of other labour force statuses (dependent …

Access to skilled labor, institutions and firm performance in developing countries

C Mertzanis, M Said - International journal of manpower, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of access to skilled labor in
explaining firms' sales growth subject to the controlling influence of a wide range of firm …

Labour Shortage and Labour Retention as a Possible Strategy in a Difficult Economic Situation Based on Empirical Data of a Transitioning Economy

ZS Kömüves, J Poór, L Mura, A Tóth, E Varga… - Central European …, 2024 - ceeol.com
The article presents the Hungarian results of research conducted in Central and Eastern
European (CEE) countries. The main objective of the study was to examine organizational …

Effect of economic growth on unemployment and validity of Okun's Law in mauritius

UD Chuttoo - Global Journal of Emerging Market Economies, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This study examines the relationship between unemployment and economic growth in
Mauritius. The methodology adopted for this study is the autoregressive distributed lag …

Does competition from informal firms hurt job creation by formal manufacturing SMEs in developing and emerging countries? Evidence using firm-level survey data

M Amin - Small Business Economics, 2023 - Springer
The entrepreneurial perspective and “legalist” view of informality suggests that many
informal firms can compete with formal firms, and often “unfairly” so because informal firms …

Structural unemployment in the Western Balkans: Challenges for skills anticipation and matching policies

W Bartlett - European Planning Studies, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Rapid economic restructuring has led to the emergence of serious skill gaps in many
transition economies. Such changes have been especially pronounced in the countries of …

The spatial division of precarious labour across the European Union regions: A composite index analysis of the 2008/2009 global economic crisis effects and COVID …

N Kapitsinis, S Gialis - European Urban and Regional …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The successive crises of the 21st century (2008/2009 global recession, COVID-19) have
significantly affected the organisation of work and increased the flexibilisation and …

[图书][B] Fachkräftemangel-Fakt oder Fiktion?: Empirische Analysen zum betrieblichen Fachkräftebedarf in Deutschland

A Kettner - 2012 - books.google.com
Droht Deutschland ein genereller und dauerhafter Mangel an Fachkräften? Oder gibt es
vielmehr temporäre Engpässe in einzelnen Sektoren und Berufen, denen Betriebe und …