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A tale of two countries : a story of the French and US polarization
Albertini, Julien; Hairault, Jean-Olivier; Langot, François - 2017
This study investigates job polarization in the United States and in France. In the data, the dynamics of employment … France until the mid-1990s, and then rebounded until 2007. The evolution of US routine employment went in opposite directions … skilled labor are the main drivers of polarization in a context of growing employment levels. In France, in contrast …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011732027
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Intergenerational trends in educational and income mobility in the United States of America since the 1960s
Ernst, Ekkehard; Langot, François; Merola, Rossana; … - 2024
Concerns about widening inequality have increased attention on the topic of equality of opportunities and intergenerational mobility. We use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth to analyse how educational and income mobility has evolved in the United States of America. We show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014507194
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Unemployment dynamics and the cost of business cycles
Hairault, Jean-Olivier (contributor);  … - 2008
In this paper, we investigate whether business cycles can imply sizable effects on average unemployment. First, using a … on unemployment: positive shocks reduce unemployment less than negative shocks increase it. For the observed process of … average job finding rate and so the business cycle cost. -- Business cycle costs ; unemployment dynamics …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003778482
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European vs. American hours worked : assessing the role of the extensive and intensive margins
Langot, François (contributor);  … - 2008
Europeans have worked less than Americans since the 1970s. In this paper, we quantify the relative importance of the extensive and intensive margins of aggregate hours of market work on the observed differences. Our counterfactual exercises show that the two dimensions of the extensive margin,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003778864
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European vs. American hours worked: assessing the role of the extensive and intensive margins
Langot, François; Quintero-Rojas, Coralia - 2008
Europeans have worked less than Americans since the 1970s. In this paper, we quantify the relative importance of the extensive and intensive margins of aggregate hours of market work on the observed differences. Our counterfactual exercises show that the two dimensions of the extensive margin,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268973
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Unemployment dynamics and the cost of business cycles
Hairault, Jean-Olivier; Langot, François; Osotimehin, … - 2008
In this paper, we investigate whether business cycles can imply sizable effects on average unemployment. First, using a … on unemployment: positive shocks reduce unemployment less than negative shocks increase it. For the observed process of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269007
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An incentive theory of matching
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - 2009
This paper presents a theory explaining the labor market matching process through microeconomic incentives. There are heterogeneous variations in the characteristics of workers and jobs, and firms face adjustment costs in responding to these variations. Matches and separations are described...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277955
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An incentive theory of matching
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - 2009
This paper presents a theory explaining the labor market matching process through microeconomic incentives. There are heterogeneous variations in the characteristics of workers and jobs, and firms face adjustment costs in responding to these variations. Matches and separations are described...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278021