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methodology is applied to Polish micro data. The estimates confirm that wages are less elastic in a high-unemployment …
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productivity in Algeria is associated with higher unemployment than the sample average, though recent positive terms of trade … unemployment is higher in Algeria than in other countries. The results are robust to various panel econometric methods and …
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combination of posted reservation wages, depending on parameters. We also show how wages, profits, and unemployment depend on …
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To understand better Canada's smooth reallocation of labor in response to the recent commodity price boom, but seemingly poor productivity performance, this paper examines job and firm dynamics in Canada relative to the United States. Overall, it finds that while Canada's labor market efficiency...
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, we simulate the effects of this reform on unemployment, employment, and welfare. We estimate that the CNE will lead to …
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restrictions affects the outcome of the matching process and the natural rate of unemployment in Tunisia. The paper concludes that … the removal of firing restrictions is likely to produce a favorable but limited impact on unemployment in Tunisia. …
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differentiation and high regional unemployment differentials. The empirical literature has found that centralized wage bargaining … productivity and unemployment differentials. …
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Heightened uncertainty since the onset of the Great Recession has materially increased saving rates, contributing to lower consumption and GDP growth. Consistent with a model of precautionary savings in the face of uncertainty, we find for a panel of advanced economies that greater labor income...
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We read search theory's unemployment equilibrium condition as an Iso-Unemployment Curve(IUC).The IUC is the locus of … job destruction rates and expected unemployment durations rendering the same unemployment level. A country's position … unemployment level at which such preferences are satisfied Using a panel of 20 OECD countries over 1985-2008, we find employment …
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The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between labor market flexibility and unemployment outcomes. Using … flexibility have a statistically and significant negative impact on unemployment outcomes (over unemployment, youth unemployment … and long-term unemployment). Among the different labor market flexibility indicators analyzed, hiring and firing …
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