public sector units in 1991. Since then, per capita output has increased significantly, while the overall unemployment rate … unemployment remains stubbornly high, an overwhelming proportion of the labor force continues to work in the informal sector, and …

market outcomes do not benefit significantly from naturalization. Naturalization reduces the risks of unemployment and …

immigrants' wages are the lowest of all workers due to their ineligibility for unemployment benefits and lower wage bargaining …, resulting in gains in terms of both employment and wages for natives, which does not hold for documented immigration. Stricter … immigration enforcement mutes job creation and raises the unemployment rate of all workers, having an even larger detrimental …

others cycle repeatedly in and out of employment. This paper explores the economic consequences of such heterogeneity. Using …

labor force participation rate, reversing a nearly 50-year trend; the nearly full recovery of unemployment from the depths …

national employment levels. However, economic research suggests that these effects are uncertain and critically depend on how … public wages are determined. Rigid public sector wages lead to perverse effects on private employment, while flexible public … wages lead to a stabilizing effect. Public employment also has important productivity and redistributive effects. …

and unemployment showed little sensitivity. Workers have paid the price for this rather stable employment situation in the … underwent substantial structural changes. Major shocks were absorbed largely via wage adjustments, while aggregate employment …

labor force participation rate, reversing a nearly 50-year trend; the full recovery of unemployment from the depths of the …