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The Changing Labour Market: Digitization, Unemployment Trends, And The Minimum Wage

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  • DUTCAS, Monica Florica

    (Centre for Financial and Monetary Research “Victor Slavescu”, N.I.E.R., Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania)

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The paper addresses three named factors: digitization, unemployment and minimum wage, as a key-factors for changing in the labour market in a globalized economy in the context of the COVID -19 pandemic. In the work will discuss the possible answers to the following three questions: -Should decision makers be concerned about the future of work? -What are the evolutionary trends of unemployment? -How can the minimum wage be a new instrument in a new development policy? A few possible answers will be evaluated based on the comparative analysis of the empirical data from several European countries. In conclusion, the paper highlights the impact of an eventual solution according to the targeted time horizon.

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  • DUTCAS, Monica Florica, 2020. "The Changing Labour Market: Digitization, Unemployment Trends, And The Minimum Wage," Journal of Financial and Monetary Economics, Centre of Financial and Monetary Research "Victor Slavescu", vol. 8(1), pages 15-25, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:vls:rojfme:v:8:y:2020:i:1:p:15-25
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    Keywords

    labour market; digitization; unemployment; minimum wage; public policies;
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    JEL classification:

    • J08 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - Labor Economics Policies
    • J21 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure
    • K31 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Labor Law

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