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The Transformation of Australia's Population, 1970 to 2030 Labour Force, Employment and Unemployment
Chapman, Bruce; Kapuscinsky, Cezary - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004971393
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Patterns of Unemployment: An Insider-Outsider Analysis
Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
The paper presents a stochastic insider-outsider model that accounts for the following stylized facts: (1) unemployment … rates display a high degree of serial correlation, or `persistence'; (2) the average rate of unemployment has been higher in … long-run unemployment rate is independent of the level of productivity and the magnitude of the labour force. The model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789127
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Gross Labour Market Flows in Europe: Some Stylized Facts
Burda, Michael C; Wyplosz, Charles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1990
France, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States - which any theory of unemployment ought to explain. The … business cycles. Key results are: flows into and out of unemployment are countercyclical; these flows move tightly together …, over both the cycle and the long run; the bulk of exits from unemployment actually represent job findings rather than exits …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005656267
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Human Resources & the Labour Force: Issues for Contemporary & Comparative Research
Ermisch, John F; Joshi, Heather - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1984
'unemployment' and 'poverty' traps, geographical mobility of residence and employment pay discrimination, the 'discouraged worker …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791612
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The Labour Force Participation of Older Men in Britain, 1951-81
Johnson, Paul A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1988
This paper evaluates the relative impact of range of health, economic and structural factors on the employment experience of older male workers in Britain in the 30 years since 1951. It is based on a cross sectional analysis of data on age of workforce in 34 industrial sectors drawn from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005281294
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Cohort Size and Female Labor Supply
Gustafsson, Siv - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1990
Easterlin's relative income hypothesis projects for smaller cohorts increasing wages, increasing fertility and decreasing female labor supply. This paper reviews the literature on the substitutability of female for male labor, on relative income changes as a result of changes in cohort size and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662066
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Demographic Change, Economic Growth and Social Welfare in Europe
Ermisch, John F; Joshi, Heather - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1987
This paper examines the economic rationale for concern about the falling rate of growth of Europe's population. It also assembles demographic and economic time-series data for the countries of Eastern and Western Europe during the postwar period. The consequences of demographic developments for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662094
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Breaking out of poverty traps: Internal migration and interregional convergence in Russia
Guriev, Sergei; Vakulenko, Elena - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
We study barriers to labor mobility using panel data on gross region-to-region migration flows in Russia for 1995-2010. We find that barriers that hindered internal migration in 1990s have been generally eliminated by the end of 2000s. In 1990s many poor Russian regions were in poverty traps:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083780
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Strong versus Weak Ties in Migration
Giulietti, Corrado; Wahba, Jackline; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
This paper studies the role of strong versus weak ties in the rural-to-urban migration decision in China. We first develop a network model that puts forward the different roles of weak and strong ties in helping workers to migrate to the city. We then use a unique longitudinal data that allows...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083949
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Regional Growth in Japan
Shioji, Etsuro - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
This paper studies the role of internal migration in income convergence across regions in Japan. Neoclassical theory predicts that migration should have been an important source of convergence, but regression results suggest otherwise. The paper investigates the possibility that this discrepancy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123658