protecting their members from the negative effects of the global economic crisis. Using data for twenty one post … lose their jobs during the crisis. This beneficial effect of trade union membership was more pronounced in countries which … were hit by the crisis harder. At the same time, union members were more likely to experience a wage reduction, suggesting …

This paper analyses aggregate labour dynamics during the global financial crisis in Japan and the role of nonstandard …, it compares aggregate labour market dynamics during the global financial crisis with that observed during the 1997 crisis …. Counterfactual simulations suggest that the employment response during the global crisis would have been smaller if the incidence of …

, and the Euro/financial crisis in 2008-2009, which was followed by a general and intensive reform process in the years … business cycle oscillations. This has been especially so in the recent crisis and calls for fine tuning policy measures …

This paper examines the impact on inequality and poverty of the economic crisis in four European countries, namely …

We investigate the welfare implications of two pre-crisis immigration waves (1991-2000 and 2001-2010) and of the post-crisis … across countries and across skill groups. In relative terms, the post-crisis wave induces smaller welfare gains compared to …

construction job in the United Arab Emirates, where a crisis exogenously influenced job placement. Guest work raised the return to …

The Greek economic crisis resulted in a decline in household disposable income by more than 40%. Even though all … population groups lost income in absolute terms, some were substantially more severely hit by the crisis. The paper examines the … effect of the crisis on the population shares, the mean incomes and the level of poverty of various population groups using …