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Full Employment: A Distant Dream for Europe
Gill, Indermit; Koettl, Johannes; Packard, Truman - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
America, Oceania, and East Asia. This has led to low labor force participation and high unemployment, especially among young … unnecessary evil. Restructuring unemployment and pension benefits will help to increase participation and reverse the decline of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884372
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The Impact of Employment Protection Mandates on Demographic Temporary Employment Patterns: International Microeconomic Evidence
Kahn, Lawrence M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
Using 1994-98 International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) microdata, this paper investigates the impact of employment protection laws on the incidence of temporary employment by demographic group. More stringent employment protection for regular jobs is predicted to increase the relative...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761974
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The Role of Institutions and Firm Heterogeneity for Labour Market Adjustment: Cross-Country Firm-Level Evidence
Gal, Peter N.; Hijzen, Alexander; Wolf, Zoltan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper investigates the role of policies and institutions for aggregate labour market dynamics during the recent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010659261