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distribution. The conventional method of analysis is regression of summary inequality indices on variables such as the unemployment …
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Despite the high growth of the Peruvian economy during the last decade, college graduates are facing increasing …
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density function with higher density and thereby generate large, asymmetric job-finding rate and unemployment reactions. Our …
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little employment protection and low unemployment benefits, while the European model (generous benefits and higher duration … smaller training costs, so that the welfare implications of each type of economy are a priori ambiguous: no model dominates …
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risk of unemployment two years after the treatment. However, the effects are heterogeneous as to gender, age, education …
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We develop a model where the unemployed workers in the city can find a job either directly or through weak or strong ties. We show that, in denser areas, individuals choose to interact with more people and meet more random encounters (weak ties) than in sparsely populated areas. We also...
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it the Great Recession), but the Australian economy appears to be powering ahead. It is a miracle economy! Unlike most of … economy compared to some of the OECD countries and see that, in fact, Australia has a "miracle economy". The comparisons are … made in terms of several macroeconomic indicators, GDP, Unemployment, Inflation, Current Account Balances, and debt. …
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theory of contract. Finally, the empirical literature on employment and labor law is reviewed. I conclude that many aspects … of employment law are consistent with the economic theory of contract - namely, that contracts are written and enforced …
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This paper challenges what is the standard account of UK unemployment, namely that the major swings in unemployment … over the past 25 years are due predominantly to movements in the underlying empirical “natural rate of unemployment” (NRU … unemployment are due, instead, to very prolonged after-effects of persistent (transitory but long-lasting) shocks. We argue that (a …
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This overview describes the development of methods for empirical research in the field of labor economics during the past four decades. This period is characterized by the use of micro data to answer policy relevant research question. Prominent in the literature is the search for exogenous...
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