unemployment to employment. The findings shed light on the disincentive effects of the German tax and transfer system for the … employment decisions of unemployed workers at different skill levels. …

sharp declines in employment rates for unskilled workers. The microeconomic evidence is shown to have important implications …

The Great Recession pushed Japan’s unemployment rate to historic highs, but the increase has been small by … international standards and small relative to the large output shock. This paper explores Japan’s cyclical labor market response to … the global financial crisis. Our findings suggest that: (i) employment responsiveness has been historically low but rising …

towards non-regular employment despite women’s high education levels. This paper empirically examines what helps Japan and … tend to reduce the proportion of regular female employment in Japan and Korea, (ii) the persistent gender wage gap …Both Japan and Korea are trying to boost female labor force participation (FLFP) as they face the challenges of a …

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 …

for Nicaragua’s National Human Development Plan is economic growth with increased employment and reduced inequality and …