work neutralising their beneficial effects on employment, has been envisaged by those opposing such policies. We … investigate this issue using microdata by the Bank of Italy. In Italy, the incidence of overtime work among male dependent workers … is relatively high. In particular, we seek to ascertain if, for Italy too, the fear that a reduction in working hours …

. On average, the number of hours worked in more affected sectors fell, hourly wages rose, while employment did not …

This paper studies the price and employment response of firms to the introduction of a nation-wide minimum wage in … employment. These decisions are strongly interrelated: Firms that increased prices relatively more often also showed a less … negative employment response. The relative importance of both adjustment margins is associated with product market competition …

This study estimates effects of minimum wages on individual restaurant employment using the 2005-2019 Current … decrease restaurant employment for teens and increase restaurant employment for these adults, suggesting that minimum wages … for minimum wages on teen restaurant employment in non-metropolitan areas is not statistically significant. …

Western Europe, but by lower employment rates in Eastern and Southern Europe. …

For the last two decades, the increase of employment among cohorts of individuals aged 50+ has been a policy objective … on the European employment agenda. The present paper takes stock of the situation as observed in Belgium over the time … period 1997-2011. First, we provide analysis on the evolution of older workers' employment in Belgium and its neighboring …

on its impact on three areas of caregivers' lives: employment, health, and family. Because the literature is inherently … lower levels of employment, the affected labor force is seemingly small. Second, such caregiving tends to lower the quality …

are used to investigate this relationship. Findings point out to strong state dependence in employment choices. Further …, the impact of disability on employment outcomes is highly significant. Model simulations suggest that high cross and own … state dependence can amplify a one-off disability shock to alter the probability of full time employment and …