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effects vary with prevailing economic conditions and institutions. Impulse responses of aggregate outcomes (GDP growth … that some labour market reforms (e.g. of unemployment benefit systems and job protection) pay off more quickly in good …
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to facilitate hiring dynamics and to minimise long-term unemployment and scarring risks among vulnerable groups who have …
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, and a temporary impact on unemployment. However, labour market integration of immigrants (as well as integration of second …
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, and a temporary impact on unemployment. However, labour market integration of immigrants (as well as integration of second …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045889
This paper explores the impact of policies and institutions on employment and unemployment of OECD countries in the … and institutions affect employment not only via their impact on aggregate unemployment but also through their effects on … specific interactions across policies and institutions are found to be particularly robust, notably between unemployment …
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This paper examines the impact of old-age pension systems and other social transfer programmes on the retirement decision of older males in OECD countries. For each of the 55-59, 60-64 and 65+ age groups, a new panel dataset (22 OECD countries over 1969-1999 or shorter periods in some cases) of...
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In the face of the substantial ageing of population expected to occur in OECD countries over coming decades, policies that boost labour-force participation attract considerable interest. There remain large cross-country divergences in participation rates that are largely accounted for by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012447134
This paper examines the impact of old-age pension systems and other social transfer programmes on the retirement decision of older males in OECD countries. For each of the 55-59, 60-64 and 65+ age groups, a new panel dataset (22 OECD countries over 1969-1999 or shorter periods in some cases) of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046064
In the face of the substantial ageing of population expected to occur in OECD countries over coming decades, policies that boost labour-force participation attract considerable interest. There remain large cross-country divergences in participation rates that are largely accounted for by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046125
This paper uses an impulse-response function approach to assess the magnitude and persistence of the effects of downturns on labour force participation for a sample of 30 countries over the period 1960-2008. Past severe recessions appear to have had a significant and persistent impact on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009146866