collective bargaining reduces employment growth by two to four percentage points per year. Evidence is, however, mostly related … between being covered by a sector-wide bargaining agreement or firm-level contract and employment growth of about one … percentage point per annum. However, the correlation between employment growth and collective bargaining is not robust to the use …

unemployed declined after the reform. These patterns suggest that the reform of unemployment benefits may be one of the reasons …We investigate whether a cut in unemployment benefit payout periods affected older workers' labor market transitions … behind the recent incredible rise in old age employment in Germany. …

unemployed declined after the reform. These patterns suggest that the reform of unemployment benefits may be one of the reasons …We investigate whether a cut in unemployment benefit payout periods affected older workers' labor market transitions … behind the recent incredible rise in old age employment in Germany. …

unemployed declined after the reform. These patterns suggest that the reform of unemployment benefits may be one of the reasons …We investigate whether a cut in unemployment benefit payout periods affected older workers' labor market transitions … behind the recent incredible rise in old age employment in Germany. …

In June 1995, the Swedish parliament decided to cut the replacement rate in unemployment insurance from 80 percent to … among unemployed insured individuals. To identify the effect of the policy we exploit a quasi-experimental feature of the … benefit cut: only a fraction of the unemployed was affected by the reduction in replacement rates. We compare the evolution of …

pension payments. Therefore, such accounts make unemployment less attractive, intensify job search, and raise employment. In … bargaining creates additional impediments for the positive employment consequences of UISAs. -- Employment ; trade union …Unemployment Insurance Savings Accounts (UISAs) entitle workers to unemployment benefits at the expense of future …

and education has been roughly proportional, however. The evolution of employment and unemployment does not offer much … of labor market programs on youth employment. We find that the slump in the 1990s has been associated with dramatic … increases in youth unemployment and youth participation in active labor market programs. The impact on unemployment rates by age …

offers a brief overview and discussion of research on the labor market impacts of minimum wages (MW), unemployment insurance … (UI), and employment protection legislation (EPL). It is argued that research on UI is largely a success story, involving … market behavior, in particular the duration of unemployment, although there remains substantial uncertainty about the …

offers a brief overview and discussion of research on the labor market impacts of minimum wages (MW), unemployment insurance … (UI), and employment protection legislation (EPL). It is argued that research on UI is largely a success story, involving … market behavior, in particular the duration of unemployment, although there remains substantial uncertainty about the …

offers a brief overview and discussion of research on the labor market impacts of minimum wages (MW), unemployment insurance … (UI), and employment protection legislation (EPL). It is argued that research on UI is largely a success story, involving … market behavior, in particular the duration of unemployment, although there remains substantial uncertainty about the …