Similar Search Results

Divorce and the Business cycle: A cross-country analysis

González-Val, Rafael; Marcén, Miriam - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015

In this paper, we examine the role of the business cycle in divorce. To do so, we use a panel of 30 European countries … covering the period from 1991 to 2010. We find a negative effect of the unemployment rate on the divorce rate, pointing to a … pro-cyclical evolution of the divorce rate, even after controlling for socio-economic variables and unobservable …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011210485

A Matching Model of Endogenous Growth and Underground Firms

Lisi, Gaetano; Pugno, Maurizio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015

Economic growth and unemployment exhibit an ambiguous relationship – according to empirical studies. This ambiguity can be investigated by observing the role of the underground economy in shaping the productivity of firms. Indeed, unemployment may be absorbed by underground firms, which adopt...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212957

African Jobless Growth Morphology:Vulnerabilities and Policy Responses

NWAOBI, GODWIN - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

As by product of economic growth, jobs are indeed transformational. In other words, efficiency increases as workers get better at what they do (as more productive jobs appear and less productive one disappear). In fact societies flourish as jobs bring together people from different ethnic and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107833

What is the relationship between unemployment and rape? Evidence from a panel of European regions

Caruso, Raul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

This paper analyzes the relationship between unemployment and rape in a panel of European regions. In particular, this paper is intended to test whether an ‘opportunity perspective’ holds for rape. The ‘opportunity perspective’ interprets the level of unemployment as an indicator of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011111280

The EU labour market crisis and recovery policies. The Bulgarian response to the crisis

Beleva, Iskra - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

The current study analyzes the status of both the European and the Bulgarian labor markets from the standpoint of the effects of the current crisis, which has affected the supply and demand of labor as well as the employment structure. It further examines the anti-crisis policies, which have...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322632

European labour markets challenges in the context of the “Europe 2020” srategy

Beleva, Iskra - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

The article studies the crisis’ effects on the development of the labour markets in Europe and in Bulgaria, in particular. It outlines the strong decrease in labour demand and high unemployment in a considerable part of the member-countries as well as the decrease in households’ income and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009353543

From Training to Labour Market. Holocletic Model.

Santos, Miguel - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

The desired professional insertion (placement) after training is under the influence of personal and exogenous variables. In the present paper we identify the constraints and devices that, in an interactive way, can shape and affect the professional insertion. This paper is a result of a...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694000

Labor Markets and School-to-Work Transition in Egypt: Diagnostics, Constraints, and Policy Framework

Angel-Urdinola, Diego F.; Semlali, Amina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010

Analysis in this policy note indicates a rapid deterioration in employment opportunities for young individuals transitioning from school to work in Egypt. Despite substantial improvements in labor market outcomes in recent years (in raising employment and participation and in lowering...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008777401

The Underground Economy in a Matching Model of Endogenous Growth

Lisi, Gaetano; Pugno, Maurizio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

A matching model will explain both unemployment and economic growth by considering the underground sector. Three problems can thus be simultaneously accounted for: (i) the persistence of underground economy, (ii) the ambiguous relationships between underground employment and unemployment, and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009132744

Background Study on Labour Market and Employment in Bulgaria

Beleva, Iskra; Tzanov, Vasil; Noncheva, Teodora; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1999

A factual and descriptive analysis of the employment situation in Bulgaria showed that the transition to a market economy has led to a substantial reduction of employment. The economic restructuring has begun in 1990 has proved very difficult, and the privatization of the large industrial...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109465