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Employment-Productivity Trade-off and Labour Composition

Boulhol, Hervé - 2009

This paper formalises the analysis of the employment-productivity trade-off by extending the framework developed by Gordon (1997) to account for labour heterogeneity. The extent of the trade-off is determined by the extent of the adjustment of capital to effective labour and by the changes in...

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The Effects of Population Structure on Employment and Productivity

Boulhol, Hervé - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009

The composition of the working-age population can influence aggregate employment and average productivity because both employment rates and productivity levels vary across population groups. This paper assesses the quantitative importance of the working-age population broken down by age, gender...

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Employment-Productivity Trade-off and Labour Composition

Boulhol, Hervé; Turner, Laure - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009

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Labour Market Performance by Age Groups: A Focus on France

Boulhol, Hervé; Sicari, Patrizio - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

contribution of each age group to total unemployment-rate differentials is also computed. An estimate of the sensitivity of age …-specific unemployment rates to the economic cycle is provided for OECD countries. France is one of the OECD countries having the highest …’s total unemployment rate differential with best-performing countries. Youth unemployment rate is especially sensitive to …

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Making the Labour Market Work Better in Poland

Boulhol, Hervé - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

Poor labour-market outcomes remain one of Poland’s major structural weaknesses, impeding firms’ competitiveness and the nation’s potential output. Boosting employment prospects is also critical, as the country will soon be ageing at a fast pace. Despite long working hours, labour...

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The Declining Competitiveness of French Firms Reflects a Generalised Supply-Side Problem

Boulhol, Hervé; Sicari, Patrizio - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014

This short paper analyses the decline of France’s trade balance over the past 15 years. While the loss in export market shares is comparable to that of the major OECD countries except Germany, it is one of the largest among the countries of the euro area. The determinants of this outcome seem...

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Are the Spanish Long-Term Unemployed Unemployable?

Bentolila, Samuel - 2017

Long-term unemployment reached unprecedented levels in Spain in the wake of the Great Recession and it still affects … around 57% of the unemployed. We document the sources that contributed to the rise in long-term unemployment and analyze its … characteristics such as mature age, lack of experience, and entitlement to unemployment benefits are key to understand the cross …

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When Credit Dries Up : Job Losses in the Great Recession

Bentolila, Samuel - 2014

We use a unique dataset to estimate the impact of a large credit supply shock on employment in Spain. We exploit marked differences in banks' health at the onset of the Great Recession. Several weak banks were rescued by the State and they reduced credit more than other banks. We compare...

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Two-Tier Labor Markets in the Great Recession : France vs. Spain

Bentolila, Samuel; Cahuc, Pierre; Dolado, Juan Jose; Le … - 2021

labor market institutions are similar and their unemployment rates just before the crisis were both around 8%. Yet, in …This paper analyzes the strikingly different response of unemployment to the Great Recession in France and Spain. Their … France, unemployment rate has increased by 2 percentage points, whereas in Spain it has shot up to 19% by the end of 2009. We …

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Improving the Economic Situation of Young People in France

Boulhol, Hervé - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

, due to a sharp decline in the results of the most highly disadvantaged students. The unemployment rate for the 20-24 age … distrust of institutions. The social safety net sits uneasily between autonomy and family solidarity and is unfair because …

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