variety of objectives including skills training, temporary subsidized employment, and mentoring. WorkFirst’s objective is to … pressure on wage rates, which then in turn reduces welfare dependency. We analyze the working decision as it is related to …

This paper analyses the employment effects of mergers and acquisitions by using matched establishment-level data from … Finland over the period of 1989-2003. The data covers all sectors. We compare the employment effects of cross-border M&As with …-border M&As lead to downsizing in manufacturing employment. The effects of cross-border M&As on employment in non …

the existing minimum wage for young workers between 1993 and 1995. We examine the effects of these minimum wage exceptions … by comparing the changes in wages and employment of the groups whose minimum wages were reduced with simultaneous changes … among slightly older workers for whom the minimum wage regulation was still binding. Our analysis is based on the payroll …