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Kapteyn, A.; Kalwij, A.S.; Zaidi, M.A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2000

Worksharing is considered by many as a promising public policy to reduce unemployment. In this paper we present a … evidence for the proposition that worksharing would promote employment or reduce unemployment. In an appendix we present an …

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Unemployment and Labor Market Institutions : An Empirical Analysis

van Ours, Jan; Belot, M.V.K. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2001

The development of the unemployment rate di¤ers substantially between OECD countries.In this paper we investigate to …

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Structural Reforms and Growth : Product and Labor Market Deregulations

Eijffinger, Sylvester; Rossi, A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2006

The paper focuses on labor and product market deregulations, as fundamental elements in the passage from an investment to an innovation-based economy.The approach undertaken is prominently empirical.After a very brief description of the regulatory levels on the two sides of the Atlantic, we take...

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Does the Recent Success of some OECD Countries in Lowering their Unemployment Rates lie in the Clever Design of their Labour Market Reforms?

van Ours, Jan; Belot, M.V.K. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2000

The development of the unemployment rate differs substantially between OECD countries. In recent years some countries … experienced a mild increase, other countries had a stable unemployment rate, while there are also 'successful' countries in which … the unemployment rate decreased a lot. A common feature of the successful countries is that they implemented a …

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Unemployment and endogenous growth

Schaik, Ton van; de Groot, H.L.F. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1995

among firms affects simultaneously growth and unemployment. On the one hand, an increase of the elasticity of substitution …

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The Struggle for Rents in a Schumpterian Economy

de Groot, H.L.F. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1996

consequence of this distortion is the coming about of wait unemployment, i.e., unemployed queuing for high-paid jobs. Employment …

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Output Stabilization in EMU : IS there a Case for EFTS?

van Aarle, B.; Hougaard Jensen, S.E. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1996

Macroeconomic performance in the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) will be impaired if macroeconomic shocks are largely asymmetric, fiscal policy flexibility is limited, goods markets adjust sluggishly, labour mobility is low and automatic stabilization from federal taxes and government spending...

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The components of output growth : A cross-country analysis

Koop, G.; Osiewalski, J.; Steel, M.F.J. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1995

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Techniques Choice, Misallocation and Total Factor Productivity

Uras, Burak R.; Wang, P. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2014

We develop a generalized production framework with endogenous “production techniques” that serve to organize raw factor inputs in an efficient manner. We establish a positive relationship between production flexibility and cost efficiency. By allowing firms to differ in technology...

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Heterogeneity in Wage Setting Behavior in a New-Keynesian Model

Eijffinger, Sylvester; Uras, Burak R.; Grajales Olarte, A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2015

standard-Calvo-wages - amplifies the macroeconomic output fluctuations resulting from a technology shock whereas it mitigates … the output fluctuations following a monetary tightening. …

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