not the case. Although unemployment is low, the labor market is not 'tight'. On the contrary, we show that what matters … for wage growth are the non-employment rate and the under-employment rate. Both are high and act as brakes on wage growth …

effects and lagged unemployment. We also use industrial firm's expectations of future employment, which are also predictive of …Unemployment is notoriously difficult to predict. In previous studies, once country and year fixed effects are added to … panel estimates, few variables predict changes in unemployment rates. Using panel data for 29 European countries collected …

on subsequent employment prospects through to age 42. We find teenagers with conduct problems went on to spend fewer … months both in paid employment, and in employment, education and training (EET) between age 17 and 42 than comparable … teenagers who did not experience conduct problems. Employment and EET disadvantages were greatest among those with severe …

support. We also find evidence of unemployment scarring effects: substantial experience of unemployment has long …

Most economists maintain that the labor market in the United States (and elsewhere) is 'tight' because unemployment … rates are low and the Beveridge Curve (the vacancies-to-unemployment ratio) is high. They infer from this that there is … stagnant for some time. We show that unemployment is not key to understanding wage formation in the USA and hasn't been since …

-random selection into employment but selection plays no role later in life. Policy options for closing the remaining gap are considered. …

it is quite small in 2004. Negative union effects on employment growth and financial performance are largely confined to … early 1980s across the whole private sector, whether the workplace is unionised or not. -- Trade unions ; wages ; employment …

-pecuniary job quality and workplace characteristics in Britain and France – countries with very different employment regimes. The …