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employment growth, in contrast to the United States where initial labor demand shocks are expanded in the long run. After the …
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large between 1996 and 2000 and undoubtedly contributed strongly to the exceptional employment performance during that …
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increased in large firms. Employment of persons directly affected by the law declined, although the net effect on aggregate … employment was not significant. …
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Using panel data for 15 industrial countries, active labor market policies (ALMPs) are shown to have raised employment … variables. Among such policies, direct subsidies to job creation were the most effective. ALMPs also affected employment rates …
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output and employment. …
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The recent crisis has had differential effects across U.S. states and industries causing a wide geographic dispersion in skill mismatches and housing market performance. We document these facts and, using data from the 50 states plus D.C from 1991 to 2008, we present econometric evidence that...
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Even though institutions are created to protect workers, they may interfere with labor market functioning, raise unemployment, and end up being circumvented by informal contracts. This paper uses Brazilian microeconomic data to show that the institutional changes introduced by the 1988...
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Traditionally, shocks to total factor productivity (TFP) are considered exogenous and the employment response depends …
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