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Bell, David N.F.; Blanchflower, David G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This paper reviews current issues in youth labour markets in developed countries. It argues that young people aged 16-25 have been particularly hard hit during the current recession. Using the USA and UK as cast studies, it analyses both causes and effects of youth unemployment using micro-data....

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Unemployment Vouchers versus Low-Wage Subsidies

Orszag, J. Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

workers are (i.e. the more their wages rise with employment duration), the more effective will unemployment vouchers be … granted to all low-wage earners regardless of their employment history and are of limitless duration. Our analysis indicates …

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Workplace Industrial Relations in Britain, 1980-2004

Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex; Forth, John - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

climate of employment relations and union effects on employment growth. …

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The Wage-Productivity Gap Revisited: Is the Labour Share Neutral to Employment?

Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Hector - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

investigates its impact on the evolution of employment. Whilst maintaining the assumption of a unitary long-run elasticity of wages … stylised labour demand equation and show that the labour share is a driving force of employment. We substantiate our analytical … exposition by providing empirical models of wage setting and employment equations for France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, the …

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The Wage Curve Reloaded

Blanchflower, David G.; Oswald, Andrew J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

’s theoretical framework: (i) wages are higher in states with more generous unemployment benefits, (ii) the perceived probability of …

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Union Decline in Britain

Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

it is quite small in 2004. Negative union effects on employment growth and financial performance are largely confined to …

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An Incentive Theory of Matching

Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

This paper presents a theory explaining the labor market matching process through microeconomic incentives. There are heterogeneous variations in the characteristics of workers and jobs, and firms face adjustment costs in responding to these variations. Matches and separations are described...

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Characteristics of Unemployment Dynamics: The Chain Reaction Approach

Karanassou, Marika; Snower, Dennis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

The aim of this paper is to analyze and estimate salient characteristics of unemployment dynamics. Movements in unemployment are viewed as ‘ ‘ chain reactions’’ of responses to labor market shocks, working their way through systems of interacting lagged adjustment processes. In the...

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Unemployment in the European Union: A Dynamic Reappraisal

Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Hector; Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

This paper examines the movements in EU unemployment from two perspectives: (a) the NRU/NAIRU perspective, in which unemployment movements are attributed largely to changes in the long-run equilibrium unemployment rate and (b) the chain-reaction perspective, in which unemployment movements are...

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Unemployment in the European Union: Institutions, Prices, and Growth

Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Hector; Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

This paper presents a reappraisal of unemployment movements in the European Union. Our analysis is based on the chain reaction theory of unemployment, which focuses on (a) the interaction among labor market adjustment processes, (b) the interplay between these adjustment processes and the...

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