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sample of professionals is decomposed into several subsamples: men and women, and within each gender a distinction is made …). Comparisons by gender and ethnicity can then be made. Characteristics (endowments) and wage structures of the four groups are …
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, breakdowns are provided by ethnic origin, marital status, age and education level. While most of the results are both expected … National Insurance Institute. The Paper focuses on gender differences in work history patterns and, within each gender …’s labour market attachment is stronger than is generally presumed. Gender differences in employment interruptions are greater …
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In this paper, we provide compelling evidence that cyclical factors account for the bulk of the post-2007 decline in the U.S. labor force participation rate. We then proceed to formulate a stylized New Keynesian model in which labor force participation is essentially acyclical during "normal...
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With almost 50 per cent of the working age population not working, improving labour market performance represents an … ... Le défi de l'emploi en Pologne : Politiques en faveur de l'emploi<BR><P>Alors que près de 50 pour cent de la population d’âge …
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This paper documents the heterogeneity in labor market volatility across ages and gender in the United States over 1976 …
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In this paper we examine whether past labour market reforms aiming at reducing the rate of unemployment have raised its long-run volatility. Using non-linear panel data models applied to 24 OECD countries between 1985 and 2007, as well as Monte-Carlo techniques, we do not find any evidence of...
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This chapter assesses how models with search frictions have shaped our understanding of aggregate labor market outcomes in two contexts: business cycle fluctuations and long-run (trend) changes. We first consolidate data on aggregate labor market outcomes for a large set of OECD countries. We...
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We provide new evidence that large firms or establishments are more sensitive than small ones to business cycle conditions. Larger employers shed proportionally more jobs in recessions and create more of their new jobs late in expansions, both in gross and net terms. The differential growth rate...
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A substantial fraction of a worker's time at work goes to acquiring human capital. This paper explicitly considers on-the-job human capital accumulation from the perspective of time invested for acquiring skills and learning by doing in an RBC model and shows that the inability to account for...
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This paper analyses the age structure of employment rates across OECD countries with a focus on France. The statistical … contribution of each age group to total unemployment-rate differentials is also computed. An estimate of the sensitivity of age … dispersion of employment rates across age groups. The “within” component of the 15-29 age group accounts for over half of France …
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