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Macroeconomic volatilities and the labor market : first results from the euro experiment
Merkl, Christian; Schmitz, Tom - 2010
This paper analyzes the effects of different labor market institutions on inflation and output volatility. The eurozone … theory. While labor market institutions have a large effect on output volatility, they do not seem to have much of an effect … and inflation volatility ; labor turnover costs ; unemployment benefits ; unemployment ; eurozone …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003961662
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Banking on snow : bank capital, risk, and employment
Baumgartner, Simon; Stomper, Alex; Schober, Thomas; … - 2022
How does small-firm employment respond to exogenous labor productivity risk? We find that this depends on the capitalization of firms' local banks. The evidence comes from firms offering (quasi-) fixed employment to workers whose productivity depends on the weather. Weather risk reduces this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013358738
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Counteracting unemployment in crises : non-linear effects of short-time work policy
Gehrke, Britta; Hochmuth, Brigitte - 2018
Short-time work is a labor market policy that subsidizes working time reductions among firms in financial difficulty to prevent layoffs. Many OECD countries have used this policy in the Great Recession. This paper shows that the effects of short-time work are strongly time dependent and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011845664
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Capital prices and Eurozone competitiveness differentials
Askenazy, Philippe - 2013
Competitiveness differentials are blamed for the instability of the Eurozone. Most of the analyses focus on labour … additional dividends. The yearly charge counts for at least 4% of their value added. -- Eurozone ; competitiveness ; non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009715724
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Some thoughts on macroeconomic fluctuations and the timing of labor market reform
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2002
In this paper, I analyze the pros and cons of implementing structural reforms of the labor market in booms vs. recessions, in light of considerations of social efficiency, political viability, and macroeconomic fine tuning. While the optimal timing of a reform depends on the relative importance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414121
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Exchange rate volatility effects on the German labour market : a survey of recent results and extensions
Buscher, Herbert S.; Mueller, Claudia - 1999
In this paper, a survey on theoretically expected and empirically proved impacts of exchange rate volatility is given. With regard to the West German unemployment, the effects of volatility are empirically analysed using three different volatility measures and four country groups. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011294706
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Real wage cyclicality in the Eurozone before and during the Great Recession : evidence from micro data
Verdugo, Gregory - 2015
We study the response of real wages to the business cycle in eight major Eurozone countries before and during the Great …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011386663
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From mancession to shecession: women's employment in regular and pandemic recessions
Alon, Titan; Coskun, Sena; Doepke, Matthias; Koll, David; … - 2021
We examine the impact of the global recession triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic on women's versus men's employment. Whereas recent recessions in advanced economies usually had a disproportionate impact on men's employment, giving rise to the moniker "mancessions," we show that the pandemic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012493353
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The impact of family friendly policies in Spain and their use throughout the business cycle
Rica, Sara de la; Gorjón, Lucía - 2015
The aim of this paper is to evaluate various aspects of a family friendly law (Act 39/99) approved in Spain in 1999, which grants parents the right to reduce their work-time schedule for childcare issues. Moreover, those who resort to that law enjoy higher protection against dismissal than other...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011407738
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From epidemic to pandemic : effects of the COVID-19 outbreak on high school program choices in Sweden
Aalto, Aino-Maija; Müller, Dagmar; Tilley, J. Lucas - 2022
We study whether the onset of the COVID-19 crisis affected the program choices of high school applicants in Sweden. Our analysis exploits the fact that the admission process consists of two stages: a preliminary round in which applicants initially rank programs in order of preference and a final...
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