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Does Entry Regulation Hinder Job Creation? Evidence from the French Retail Industry
Bertrand, Marianne; Kramarz, Francis - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
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On the Political Economy of Labour Market Flexibility
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993
develop a model where the government tries to increase employment by increasing labour market flexibility, and where any …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005498035
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Wage Setting and Labour Market Adjustment in Europe, Japan and the USA
Alogoskoufis, George; Manning, Alan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1988
persistence in the employment and wage targets of wage-setters. Two structural characteristics seem to account for most of the …, the relative weighting in the preferences of wage-setters of real wage deviations from target as against employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005281275
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Did European Labour Markets Become More Competitive in the 1990's? Evidence from Estimated Worker Rents
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper analyses the evolution of quantitative measures of employee rents in Europe during the nineties, using the European Household Panel Survey. I look at two classes of measures: wage differentials between workers along industry and firm size dimensions; and estimated welfare differences...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005788867
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Protective or Counter-Productive? European Labour Market Institutions and the Effect of Immigrants on EU Natives
Angrist, Joshua; Kugler, Adriana D. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
We estimate the effect of immigrant flows on native employment in Western Europe, and then ask whether the employment … increase the negative impact of immigration on equilibrium employment. In models without interactions, OLS estimates for a … mostly insignificant negative estimates. We then estimate models allowing interactions between the employment response to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791575
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Searching for the Virtues of the European Model
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
The distributional effects of the minimum wage are analysed in a model where skilled and unskilled labour enter the production function. It is argued that distributional goals are best achieved by letting the labour market clear and achieving redistribution through taxes and transfers.
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Volatility, Labour Market Flexibility, and the Pattern of Comparative Advantage
Cuñat, Alejandro; Melitz, Marc J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
This paper studies the link between volatility, labour market flexibility, and international trade. International differences in labour market regulations affect how firms can adjust to idiosyncratic shocks. These institutional differences interact with sector specific differences in volatility...
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Some Political Aspects of Unemployment
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
We study a number of mechanisms through which an economy can be stuck at a high unemployment equilibrium because a poor labour market is associated with support for poor policy. These mechanisms are consistent with the relative scarcity of measures that have been undertaken to cure unemployment....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661453
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Five Puzzles in the Behaviour of Productivity, Investment and Innovation
Gordon, Robert J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
Productivity growth in the United States was considerably faster during 2000-03 than in the boom years of 1995-2000. This ebullient productivity performance raises numerous questions about its interpretation and its implications for the future, and these are stated here in the form of five...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123790
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Short-Time Work: The German Answer to the Great Recession
Brenke, Karl; Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
been overcome and employment is strongly expanding, modified regulations governing shorttime work are still in place. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009147409