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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444920
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046034
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Employment-Productivity Trade-off and Labour Composition
Boulhol, Hervé; Turner, Laure - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046219
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276961
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276966
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Beyond the Labour Income Tax Wedge : The Unemployment-Reducing Effect of Tax Progressivity
Lehmann, Etienne - 2013
the unemployment rate and increases the employment rate. From a theoretical point of view, higher progressivity induces a … average wage, we show that a more progressive taxation reduces the unemployment rate and increases the employment rate. These …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013077458
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276887
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Beyond the Labour Income Tax Wedge: The Unemployment-Reducing Effect of Tax Progressivity
Lehmann, Etienne; Lucifora, Claudio; Moriconi, Simone; … - CESifo - 2013
the unemployment rate and increases the employment rate. From a theoretical point of view, higher progressivity induces a … average wage, we show that a more progressive taxation reduces the unemployment rate and increases the employment rate. These …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010682629
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Optimal Income Taxation with Unemployment and Wage Responses : A Sufficient Statistics Approach
Kroft, Kory - 2017
We derive a sufficient statistics optimal income tax formula in a general model that incorporates unemployment and … resembles a Negative Income Tax than an Earned Income Tax Credit relative to the case where unemployment and wage responses are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012943389
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Workforce Location and Equilibrium Unemployment in a Duocentric Economy with Matching Frictions
Lehmann, Etienne - 2015
This article examines unemployment disparities and efficiency in a densely populated economy with two job centers and … changes in the workforce distribution have non-negligible effects on unemployment rates, wages, and net output, but cannot be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013014200