This paper empirically investigates the effect of the EU-South Korea free trade agreement (FTA) on manufacturing trade … flows. By applying a state-of-the-art structural gravity model with intranational (i.e., domestic) trade and using … disaggregated data, we quantify both the trade impact and the observed heterogeneity in the FTA estimates. In line with literature …

We empirically analyse the response of US manufacturing labour market variables to various shocks, notably to trade … standard set of labour-market related variables (employment, real compensation, productivity and capital stock) and exogenous … factors (a sector-specific measure of trade openness, along with common technology and oil price shocks), specific measures of …

is directly aimed at reducing disparities in the employment sector. Against this background, the paper analyses the … impact of EU structural funds on employment drawing on a panel dataset of 130 European NUTS regions over the time period 1999 …

We explore the impact of wage adjustment on employment with a focus on the role of downward nominal wage rigidities. We … results point to a negative effect of downward wage rigidities on employment at the firm level …

This paper analyses differences in employment volatility in foreign-owned and domestic companies using firm-level data … from 24 European countries. The presence of foreign-owned companies may lead to higher employment volatility because … more exposed to external shocks. We assess the conditional employment volatility of firms with foreign and domestic owners …

develop a suite of models to provide a more timely estimate (nowcast) of euro area quarterly employment growth based on a … timely assessment of employment developments with unemployment rates and sentiment indicators containing most of the relevant …

. cost and wage vs. employment adjustments in response to cost-push shocks depend – in theoretically sensible ways – on the … that the pass-through is lower in highly competitive firms. Furthermore, a high degree of employment protection and …