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The Labour Force Participation of Older Men in Britain, 1951-81

Johnson, Paul A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1988

This paper evaluates the relative impact of range of health, economic and structural factors on the employment … of workforce in 34 industrial sectors drawn from the decennial censuses from 1951 to 1981. It finds that early retirement …

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Human Resources & the Labour Force: Issues for Contemporary & Comparative Research

Ermisch, John F; Joshi, Heather - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1984

affecting the quantity and quality of employment on the demand side of the economy; and c) factors affecting processes of … 'unemployment' and 'poverty' traps, geographical mobility of residence and employment pay discrimination, the 'discouraged worker … human and non-human resources in the process of economic development. …

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Is the German Apprenticeship System a Panacea for the US Labour Market?

Harhoff, Dietmar; Kane, Thomas J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

Advocates of apprenticeship programmes often argue as if it is simply a matter of historical accident that such investment by US firms has been hindered. This paper explores the structure of incentives underpinning the German system of apprenticeship training. First, we describe three...

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Central and East European Labour Markets in Transition: Developments, Causes, and Cures

Franz, Wolfgang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

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. …

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Gross Labour Market Flows in Europe: Some Stylized Facts

Burda, Michael C; Wyplosz, Charles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1990

from the labor force; employment inflows and outflows are procyclical. …

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Cohort Size and Female Labor Supply

Gustafsson, Siv - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1990

Easterlin's relative income hypothesis projects for smaller cohorts increasing wages, increasing fertility and decreasing female labor supply. This paper reviews the literature on the substitutability of female for male labor, on relative income changes as a result of changes in cohort size and...

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Demographic Change, Economic Growth and Social Welfare in Europe

Ermisch, John F; Joshi, Heather - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1987

This paper examines the economic rationale for concern about the falling rate of growth of Europe's population. It also assembles demographic and economic time-series data for the countries of Eastern and Western Europe during the postwar period. The consequences of demographic developments for...

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Patterns of Unemployment: An Insider-Outsider Analysis

Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

The paper presents a stochastic insider-outsider model that accounts for the following stylized facts: (1) unemployment rates display a high degree of serial correlation, or `persistence'; (2) the average rate of unemployment has been higher in the United States than in Europe over the 1950s and...

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The Simplest Unified Growth Theory

Strulik, Holger; Weisdorf, Jacob - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

development path of industrialized economies, stretching from the pre-industrial era to present-day and beyond. Making strict use …

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Beyond Balanced Growth

Kongsamut, Piyabha; Rebelo, Sérgio; Xie, Danyang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

a central feature of economic development. This paper discusses models with generalized balanced growth paths. These …

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