The paper explores the influence of job security provisions on employment and unemployment. We show that this influence …’ bargaining power in wage negotiations. Specifically, costs of firing and hiring reduce employment and stimulate unemployment when …

, the United Kingdom and the United States. The analysis of changes in wage bill shares and employment shares of more …

We study the evolution of sectoral employment and labour cost in 11 European countries over the last two decades. Our … countries and industries in employment growth, whereas country-specific effects are more important in the analysis of labour … employment. We pay special attention to Spain, a country that has experienced a high persistent unemployment rate, and show that …

employment turnover and high insurance can co-exist with an American-type steady-state with low unemployment, high employment …

, using a Poisson regression model applied to proportions. Worker behavior is as well modeled. Employment trends for teenagers … empirical literature when analysing the overall impact of the minimum wage on youth employment without looking at its sources. …

dynamics of employment and unemployment in order to identify key issues for the sources of the malfunctioning of these labour … passive labour market policies, and the structure of employment and output. …

This paper investigates the impact of innovation on employment using a panel of UK manufacturing firms and a headcount … bargains. Innovation is found to have positive effect on company employment raising it by 9--12% in the short run and up to 40 … higher employment growth from new products and processes. …