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Age effects in Swedish local labour markets

Nordström Skans, Oskar - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2002

The paper studies the effects of changes in the age structure on aggregate labour market performance using a panel of Swedish local labour markets. The methodology of Shimer (2001) is used for studying the effects of youth cohort size and is extended to include the full age distribution. The...

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The effects of working time reductions on wages, actual hours and equilibrium unemployment

Nordström Skans, Oskar - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2001

This paper extends a general equilibrium model of unemployment and working hours and evaluates the model on a 5 percent …. Furthermore, working time reductions may result in an increase in wage pressure, causing unemployment to rise. …

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Åslund, Olof; Hensvik, Lena; Nordström Skans, Oskar - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2009

We show that immigrant managers are substantially more likely to hire immigrants than are native managers. The finding holds when comparing establishments in the same 5-digit industry and location, when comparing different establishments within the same firm, when analyzing establishments that...

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El mercado laboral en los países andinos : un compendio de datos sobre empleo y salarios

Egger, Philippe; Gárate, Werner - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1999

Covers trend from 1990 to 1998.

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Globalization and decent work : options for Panama

Egger, Philippe - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2002

Analyses the economic, social and labour market situation in Panama and proposes policies to promote decent work.

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Measuring decent work with statistical indicators

Anker, Richard; Chernyshev, Igor; Egger, Philippe; … - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 2002

Explores the conceptual dimensions of decent work and discusses policy issues which can be addressed with decent work indicators. Describes a general approach to measuring decent work with statistical indicators and introduces eleven broad aspects of decent work.

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Stepping-stones or dead-ends? An analysis of Swedish replacement contracts

Larsson, Laura; Lindqvist, Linus; Nordström Skans, Oskar - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2005

unemployment among job-seekers. Using exact matching on labour market history and personal characteristics we find positive effects … effect of the length is found on unemployment, employment or wages. Overall, the results suggest that receiving a fixed term … contract reduces the risk of future unemployment, and that a longer contract increases the position within the workplace but …

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