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Designing Pension Programs To Strengthen Formal Labor Markets In Developing Countries: The Case Of Indonesia, Muliadi Widjaja
Designing Pension Programs To Strengthen Formal Labor Markets In Developing Countries: The Case Of Indonesia, Muliadi Widjaja
Economics Dissertations
Despite abundant studies of the application of pension systems in developed countries, little work has been done on how to apply a sustainable pension system in developing countries. The set-up of pension systems in developed countries and developing countries are expected to be different because in developing countries, labor is concentrated in the informal production sectors, while labor in developed countries is concentrated in the formal production sectors. Informal production sectors are sectors where the government, either central or local government, has little access to implement fiscal policies (taxes and subsidies) on firms and labor. This research develops a comprehensive …
Obesity And Physical Fitness In The Labor Market, Roy Wada
Obesity And Physical Fitness In The Labor Market, Roy Wada
Economics Dissertations
Mixed results have been reported when body size is used to estimate the effect of health and nutritional status on worker productivity. This dissertation offers an alternative hypothesis that body composition rather than body size is responsible for the effects of health and nutritional status on worker productivity. Body fat is responsible for the poor health associated with obesity. Lean body mass is responsible for the superior performance associated with physical fitness. Studies using body size alone cannot distinguish the combined, but opposite effects, of body fat and lean body mass. A method is provided here that overcomes the lack …