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Sources of German unemployment : evidence from a structural VAR model

Linzert, Tobias - 2001

This paper analyzes the dynamic effects of different macroeconomic shocks on unemployment in Germany. In a first step …, a cointegration analysis of productivity, prices, real wages, employment, and the unemployment rate reveals two long run … display that price, demand, and labor supply shocks affect unemployment significantly in the short/medium run. Interestingly …

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The Impacts of Covid-19 Illnesses on Workers

Goda, Gopi Shah; Soltas, Evan J. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

We show that Covid-19 illnesses persistently reduce labor supply. Using an event study, we estimate that workers with week-long Covid-19 work absences are 7 percentage points less likely to be in the labor force one year later compared to otherwise-similar workers who do not miss a week of work...

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Push or pull? : measuring the labor supply response to the minimum wage using an individual-level panel

Boffy-Ramirez, Ernest - In: Applied economics 54 (2022) 35, pp. 4043-4059

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Labor Market Externalities of Pre-retirement Employment Protection

Chrostek, Paweł; Karbownik, Krzysztof; Myck, Michał - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024

Using population-level administrative data, we study labor market externalities stemming from age-specific employment protection legislation (EPL) targeted towards older workers. Our results show no economically meaningful overall effects of the EPL on employment or earnings of either men or...

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Skill Heterogeneity and Aggregate Labor Market Dynamics

Grigsby, John R. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

This paper studies aggregate labor market dynamics when workers have heterogeneous skills for tasks which are subject to non-uniform labor demand shocks. When workers have different skills, movements in aggregate wages partly reflect a reallocation of different workers across tasks and into...

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Optimal Gradualism

Lehr, Nils H.; Restrepo, Pascual - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022

This paper studies how gradualism affects the welfare gains from trade, technology, and reforms. When people face adjustment frictions, gradual shocks create less adverse distributional effects in the short run. We show that there are welfare gains from inducing a more gradual transition via...

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Should I stay or should I go? : An econometric analysis of retirement decisions by couples

Legendre, Berangere; Pedrant, Annaig-C.; Sabatier, Mareva - In: Applied economics 50 (2018) 53, pp. 5814-5829

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Physical activity of adults : a survey of correlates, determinants, and effects

Cabane, Charlotte; Lechner, Michael - 2014 - This version: October 2014

We survey the literature on the link of labour market related outcomes to individ-ual physical activity and sports participation. The first part of the survey is devoted to the individual participation decision and is based on papers from various disciplines. The sec-ond part summarises parts of...

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Do employment opportunities decrease for older workers?

Charni, Kadija - In: Applied economics 54 (2022) 8, pp. 937-958

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Do the French pension reforms increase re-employment of older unemployed workers?

Charni, Kadija - In: Applied economics 52 (2020) 19, pp. 2015-2043

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