We provide a unified discussion of the relations among flows of workers, changes in employment and changes in the … number of jobs at the level of the firm. Using the only available set of data (a nationally representative sample of Dutch … firms in 1988 and 1990) we discover that: 1) Nearly half of all hiring is by firms where employment is not growing; 2) Over …

We provide a unified discussion of the relations among flows of workers, changes in employment and changes in the … number of jobs at the level of the firm. Using the only available set of data (a nationally representative sample of Dutch … firms in 1988 and 1990) we discover that: 1) Nearly half of all hiring is by firms where employment is not growing; 2) Over …

the fragility of low-seniority jobs implies that layoff costs reduce the average job duration and increase unemployment …

optimal level of unemployment benefits, the funding of unemployment insurance and the impact of employment protection … models have deeply renewed the understanding of job search, job flows, job creations and destructions, unemployment and wage …

jumps. Employment is unchanged in response to small demand shocks, but moves instantaneously to a new long-run equilibrium … listing of job vacancies, all of which change the cost of adjusting employment …

jumps. Employment is unchanged in response to small demand shocks, but moves instantaneously to a new long-run equilibrium … listing of job vacancies, all of which change the cost of adjusting employment …

the fragility of low-seniority jobs implies that layoff costs reduce the average job duration and increase unemployment …

data covering all French firms, we find that the program has had a strong and rapid impact on employment. The net cost per … job created for the government was around zero. The employment effect was stronger in areas where recruitment was easier … estimate that a credit conditional on net job creation above the employment growth threshold of -1%; would have maximized job …

French hiring credit, implemented during the Great Recession, had significant positive employment effects and no effects on … a large extent on three features: it was non-anticipated, temporary and targeted at jobs with rigid wages. We estimate …