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Does the recent success of some OECD countries in lowering their unemployment rates lie in the clever design of their labour market reforms?

Belot, Michèle; Ours, Jan C. van - 2000

unemployment is affected by different labour market institutions (LMI) such as labour taxes, unemployment benefits, employment …The development of the unemployment rate differs substantially between OECD countries. In recent years some countries … experienced a mild increase, other countries had a stable unemployment rate, while there are also 'successful' countries in which …

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Temporary jobs : stepping stones or dead ends?

Booth, Alison L.; Francesconi, Marco; Frank, Jeff - 2000

In Britain about 7% of male employees and 10% of female employees are in temporary jobs. In contrast to much of continental Europe, this proportion has been relatively stable over the 1990s. Using data from the British Household Panel Survey, we find that temporary workers report lower levels of...

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The effect of non-standard employment on mental health in Britain

Bardasi, Elena; Francesconi, Marco - 2000

This paper explores the relationship between non-standard types of employment and mental health. The analysis uses data on workers from the first seven waves of the British Household Panel Study, 1991-97. Four different types of non-standard employment (non-standard contracts, places, times, and...

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Labour as a buffer : do temporary workers suffer?

Booth, Alison L. - 2002

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Wage inequality in the United Kingdom, 1975 - 1999

Prasad, Eswar S. - 2002

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Hours and wages in the depression : British engineering, 1926 - 1938

Hart, Robert A. - 2000

On their intensive margins, firms in the British engineering industry adjusted to the severe falls in demand during the 1930s Depression by cutting hours of work. This provided an important means of reducing labour input and marginal labour costs, through movements from overtime to short-time...