This research explores the long-term equilibrium relationship between unemployment and labour force participation rates for six selected countries in Latin America at both aggregate and gender-disaggregated levels. Cointegration analysis focused on the study of time series is used to validate...

In Deutschland, das vom demographischen Wandel besonders betroffen ist, gilt die Steigerung der Erwerbsbeteiligung als wichtige arbeitsmarktpolitische Zielsetzung, weil damit demographisch bedingten Engpässen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt entgegengewirkt werden kann. Spielraum für eine Erhöhung der...

In Deutschland, das vom demographischen Wandel besonders betroffen ist, gilt die Steigerung der Erwerbsbeteiligung als wichtige arbeitsmarktpolitische Zielsetzung, weil damit demographisch bedingten Engpässen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt entgegengewirkt werden kann. Spielraum für eine Erhöhung der...

Population ageing increases fiscal pressure by increasing the aged to working-age ratio, which simultaneously reduces the growth in government revenue and increases government social outlays. This study evaluates proposed tax and economic growth policies to meet the population ageing induced...

Of the three major age groups, youth (aged 15-24), experienced the largest fall in labour force participation and accounted for the lion’s share of the aggregate decline. Consequently, an understanding of the factors behind this development is essential to an overall understanding of the fall...

This research explores the long-term equilibrium relationship between unemployment and labour force participation rates for six selected countries in Latin America at both aggregate and gender-disaggregated levels. Cointegration analysis focused on the study of time series is used to validate...

A major development in the Canadian labour market in the 1990s has been the decline in labour force participation. This issue of Canadian Business Economics consists of a symposium of articles that explore this issue. The idea for this symposium came out of a December 1997 workshop on labour...