that the two dimensions of the extensive margin, the employment rate and the participation rate, explain the most of the … the number of hours worked per employee, has the smallest role. -- Hours of market work ; participation ; employment …

unemployment benefits for older workers helps explain the low rate of employment just before the early retirement age. Decreasing … activity not only decreases the participation rate by inducing early retirement, but also badly affects the employment rate of … older workers just before early retirement age. Countries with an early retirement age at 60 also have lower employment …

their unemployment rate rose less than the one of prime-age workers. This view is a myth: older workers are more sensitive …

propose an equilibrium unemployment approach to retirement decisions that allows us to unveil the factors which explain why …

This study investigates job polarization in the United States and in France. In the data, the dynamics of employment … differences in the dynamics of employment levels by tasks. In particular, the routine employment level fell significantly in … France until the mid-1990s, and then rebounded until 2007. The evolution of US routine employment went in opposite directions …

reforms aiming at liberalizing formal labor markets can be annulled by shifts in the public sector employment and wage … policies. Since the public sector accounts for a substantial share of employment in developing countries, this approach is … empirically and theoretically that the liberalization of labor markets plays against informal employment by increasing the …

This paper analyzes the implications of labor market institutions and policies on the employment-labor productivity … unemployment and the distribution of both wages and productivity are endogenous. By means of simulations of this model estimated on …

along the employment rate (the extensive margin). In this paper we develop an equilibrium matching model where both margins … unemployment benefits and the bargaining power. Because these findings come from an unified framework, they also give a strong …

In this paper, we investigate whether business cycles can imply sizable effects on average unemployment. First, using a … on unemployment: positive shocks reduce unemployment less than negative shocks increase it. For the observed process of … average job finding rate and so the business cycle cost. -- Business cycle costs ; unemployment dynamics …

simulations of the model. -- TFP growth ; unemployment by age ; old workers' employment rate ; capitalization ; creative …This paper seeks to gain insights on the relationship between growth and unemployment, when considering heterogeneous …