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Employment Patterns in OECD Countries
Nickell, Stephen; Nunziata, Luca - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2000
This paper studies the dynamics of labour demand and the determinants of employment rates across the OECD. We find: (i) labour demand adjusts less rapidly when employment protection is more strict and union density is higher; (ii) there is no evidence that overall job turnover is influenced by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967711
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The Relative Economic Importance of Academic, Psychological and Behavioural Attributes Developed on Chilhood
Feinstein, L - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2000
-dimensional process. Age ten conduct disorder predicts male adult unemployment particularly well but it is self-esteem that predicts male …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005016929
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A Picture of Job Insecurity Facing British Men
Jones, Patricia Tracy; Nickell, Stephen; Quintini, Glenda - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2000
becoming unemployed, the costs of unemployment in terms of real wages losses and the probability that the continuously employed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005016965
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The Unemployment Volatility Puzzle: Is Wage Stickiness the Answer?
Pissarides, Christopher A. - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2007
on the model's failure to match the observed cyclical volatility of unemployment. Job creation in the model is influenced … elasticities are consistent with the evidence. Therefore explanations of the unemployment volatility puzzle have to preserve the … cyclical volatility of wages. I discuss some extensions of the model that can increase cyclical unemployment volatility through …
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