, employment and investment over the 2009-2012 period 1 . The sector considered embraces not only the activities directly connected … employment). Brussels Airport is the country’s biggest airport in terms of passenger traffic, but has seen its leading position …. Charleroi and Liège are the fastest growing airports in terms of value added and employment. With the exception of Ostend, the …

This paper examines the economic effects of employment protection legislation in a sample of developed and developing … problems associated with cross-country regressions. This test is based on the hypothesis that employment protection regulations … sectors that are intrinsically more volatile. We also find that employment and value added in the most affected sectors …

This study assesses the economic importance of air transport and airport activities in Belgium in terms of employment … direct and indirect value added (or 1.8 % of Belgium’s GDP), and provided direct or indirect employment for 80,300 people in … full-time equivalents (or 2 % of domestic employment in FTE). Brussels Airport was the one most affected by the decline in …

effects on native unskilled wages, employment and occupational mobility. …

as well as in terms of their implications for wages and employment. Our findings based on the 1998/99 labor force data … to median wage ratio could be associated with a decline in the share of formal employment of between 1.2-5.6 percentage … points and an increase of between 2.7-5.9 points in the share of self-employment. …

laws: employment protection and labor dispute resolution legislation. We find that laws that increase employment protection … or the cost of labor disputes substantially reduce registered sector employment and output. These laws do no seem to … as textiles, are the hardest hit by amendments that increase employment protection while capital-intensive industries are …

(STEM) on employment and wages in Canadian geographical areas during the period 1991-2006. Canadian policies select … Scientists and Engineers during the period 1991-2006. Then we analyze their impact on the employment and wages of college and non …-college educated Canadian-born (native) workers. We find significant positive effects on the wages and (to a lesser extent) employment …

-savings" effect they may leave unaffected, or even increase, total native employment of less skilled workers. Our model also predicts … positive net effect on native employment while offshoring has no effect on it. We also find some evidence that offshoring has …