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Accounting for Differences in Labour Market Outcomes in Great Britain: Regional Analysis Using the Labour Force Survey
O'Leary, Nigel; Murphy, Philip D.; Latreille, Paul; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
decomposes regional differences in employment, economic inactivity and unemployment into components due to either structural or …Regional unemployment rates in Great Britain have narrowed dramatically in recent years. However, significant … differences still remain in terms of both employment and economic inactivity rates, which may now better reflect relative labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762298
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The Incidence and Persistence of Cyclical Job Loss in New Zealand
Maré, Dave C.; Fabling, Richard - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
cyclical job loss and unemployment fell disproportionately on young and unskilled workers. The paper identifies, by age, gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010887062
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Flexibility vs. Rigidity: Does Spain have the worst of both Worlds?
Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
In this paper we study the structure of labor market flows in Spain and compare them with France and the US. We characterize a number of empirical regularities and stylized facts. One striking result is that the job finding rate is slightly higher than in France, while the jon loss rate is much...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703292
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The (Ir)relevance of the NRU for Policy Making: The Case of Denmark
Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Hector; Salvador, Pablo F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We reconsider the central role of the natural rate of unemployment (NRU) in forming policy decisions. We show that the … unemployment rate does not gravitate towards the NRU due to frictional growth, a phenomenon that encapsulates the interplay between … empirical analysis and find that the NRU explains only 33% of the unemployment variation, while frictional growth accounts for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822576
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Disaggregate Matching Functions
Fahr, René; Sunde, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
This paper deals with empirical matching functions. The paper is innovative in several ways. First, unlike in most of the existing literature, matching functions are estimated not only on aggregate, but also on disaggregate levels which is unusual due to the scarcity of appropriate data....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762399
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A Test of the ‘Krugman Hypothesis’ for the United States, Britain, and Western Germany
Puhani, Patrick A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
Rising wage inequality in the U.S. and Britain (especially in the 1980s) and rising continental European unemployment … large data sets from the U.S., Britain, and western Germany to test the Krugman hypothesis for the 1990s, when unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763538
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Skill Wage Premia, Employment, and Cohort Effects: Are Workers in Germany All of the Same Type?
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kohn, Karsten - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
-specific unemployment rates in 1997. The required nominal wage reductions range from 8.8 to 12.2% and are the higher the lower the employees …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763619
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The Macroeconomics of the Labor Market: Three Fundamental Views
Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Hector; Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We distinguish and assess three fundamental views of the labor market regarding the movements in unemployment: (i) the … that all the short-run fluctuations automatically turn into long-run changes in the unemployment rate. We assert the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763692
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How Important Are Labor Market Institutions for Labor Market Performance in Transition Countries?
Lehmann, Hartmut; Muravyev, Alexander - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper offers a first comprehensive study of the relationship between labor market institutions and policies and … documents the evolution of labor market institutions and policies in the transition region. The data show a clear trend towards … test several predictions concerning the role of institutions and polices in explaining labor market outcomes. The results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008496995
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A Test of the 'Krugman Hypothesis' for the United States, Britain, and Western Germany
Puhani, Patrick A. - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2003
Rising wage inequality in the U.S. and Britain (especially in the 1980s) and rising continental European unemployment … large data sets from the U.S., Britain, and western Germany to test the Krugman hypothesis for the 1990s, when unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005097817