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Are the French Happy with the 35-Hour Workweek?
Estevão, Marcello M.; Sa, Filipa - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2006
increased in large firms. Employment of persons directly affected by the law declined, although the net effect on aggregate … employment was not significant. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599717
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Do Active Labor Market Policies Increase Employment?
Estevão, Marcello M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
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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Product Market Regulation and the Benefits of Wage Moderation
Estevão, Marcello M. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2005
output and employment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005605144
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Has the Great Recession Raised U.S. Structural Unemployment?
Estevão, Marcello M.; Tsounta, Evridiki - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011
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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