felt in all advanced economies. Reforms aimed at increasing productivity in services and reducing gaps in employment …

increase growth and employment are studied. From a cross-country approach, this study finds a significant relationship between …

with similar downturns had very different employment trends can help design policies to reduce such costs and improve labor … markets. This paper analyzes the recent employment experiences of six economies: Germany, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain …

crisis of 1999-2002 with the aim of (1) identifying the most vulnerable households, (2) investigating whether employment in … did not serve to decrease their vulnerability. A significant source of vulnerability was linked to changes in employment …

This paper provides the first systematic study of how minimum wage policies in China affect firm employment over the … impact on employment, with an estimated elasticity of -0.1. Furthermore, we find a heterogeneous effect of the minimum wage … on employment which depends on the firm's wage level. Specifically, the minimum wage has a greater negative impact on …

We examine the impact of uncertainty on employment dynamics. Alternative measures of uncertainty are constructed based … price index, and fuel prices. Our results indicate that greater uncertainty has a negative impact on growth of employment …-existent or weaker. Our results suggest that to truly understand the effects of uncertainty on employment dynamics, we need to …