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Labour markets and the crisis
Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et …; … - 2010
The deep recession has led to a marked deterioration in labour market conditions in the OECD area. This paper, which draws heavily on other ongoing analytical work at the OECD, takes stock of recent labour market developments, highlights some of the key uncertainties in the early stages of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008542497
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Social Safety Nets and Structural Adjustment
Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et …; … - 2006
Social safety nets protect citizens against hardship. By offering compensation, social safety nets may help overcome the political resistance to trade liberalisation and structural reform, but they can also weaken the incentives to work and save. Depending on their design, safety nets may also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046192
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Incomplete Markets and the Output-Inflation Tradeoff
Challe, Edouard; Algan, Yann; Ragot, Xavier - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011
-markets environment that generates persistent wealth inequalities amongst agents. In this framework, current inflation redistribute wealth … inflation expectations and thus deter the employed from saving and supplying labour. We relate the strength of these two … inflation taxes to the underlying parameters of the model and study how they compete in determining the overall sign and slope …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010709017
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Vietnam labour market and informal economy in a time of crisis and recovery 2007-2009 : main findings of the Labour Force Surveys (LFS)
Hữu Chí, Nguyen; Thị Thu Huyền, Nguyen; Roubaud, … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010
In 2007 the General Statistics Office (GSO) launched a joint research program with the French Institute of Research for Development (IRD) to measure and analyzes the informal sector in Vietnam. Two kinds of surveys were conducted in 2007: a national Labour Force Survey (LFS) which, in a first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011073521
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Incomplete Markets and the Output-Inflation Tradeoff
Ragot, Xavier; Challe, Edouard; Algan, Yann - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2008
output-inflation tradeoff equation, whereby inflation shocks raise current output. The limiting impact of mean inflation and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011073778
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How deep was the impact of the economic crisis in Vietnam ? A focus on the informal sector in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City
Cling, Jean-Pierre; Hữu Chí, Nguyen; Razafindrakoto, … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2010
Vietnam is one of the only South East Asian emerging economies not to have gone into recession in 2009 in the wake of the world crisis. Nonetheless, it has been affected deeply by the crisis, as shown by all macro-economic indicators. The yearly growth rate of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011074410
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L’Emploi, le Chômage et les Conditions d’Activité en République Démocratique du Congo : Principaux résultats de la phase 1 de l’Enquête 1-2-3 2004-2005
Makabu Ma Nkenda, Thimotée; Mba, Martin; Torelli, Constance - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2007
characteristics of employment and unemployment in the country. This study, which presents the principal results of the survey, helps …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011074347
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Le marché du travail en République Démocratique du Congo en 2012 : Principaux résultats de la Phase 1 de l’Enquête 1-2-3
Kankwanda, Grégoire; Makabu Ma Nkenda, Timothée; … - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2014
detailed picture of the main characteristics of employment and unemployment in the country. This study, which presents the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011193766
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The trade-off between work and informal care in Europe
Fontaine, Roméo - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011
This paper focus on the trade-between work and informal care among individuals aged 50 to 65.We first outlines the standard microeconomic model used to study how individuals allocate their time between labour, parental care and leisure. From the two first-order conditions of the standard model,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011072341
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The Determinants of Retirement: the crucial impact of the last occupation.
El Mekkaoui de Freitas, Najat; Duc, Cindy - Université Paris-Dauphine (Paris IX) - 2011
Understanding the changes that occur in employment patterns as people grow older and the paths they take from employment to retirement may help to apprehend the factors that encourage or discourage employment retention. The aims of this paper are to analyse the process leading up to retirement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010706474