, little is known about the impact of institutional quality on offshoring. This is surprising, given that offshoring has become … between institutional quality and offshoring. The results suggest that weak institutions are negatively related to offshoring … in general and to offshoring of R&D-intensive goods in particular. Furthermore, firms that are able to establish long …

.5 percent below the 1990 peak and a mere one percent above the 1993 trough. Employment rates tell a similar story. Our …

. The stated motive of the reform was to boost employment; in particular to provide incentives for individuals to go from … results are sensitive with respect to how we define employment, which is especially true when we analyze different subgroups …

This paper examines the effects of collectively agreed increases in real minimum wages on employment transitions and … relatively fewer hours before being separated. Among the young, however, both employment and hours are negatively affected …. Labour-labour substitution seems to be important, since increases in minimum wages promote employment among workers with …

a private equity buyout. Unemployment risk declines despite lower employment growth for continuing establishments … - attributable to hiring freezes rather than to layoffs - and a lack of change in firm level employment growth. A plausible …

It is often claimed that small and young firms account for a disproportionately large share of net employment growth …. We conduct a meta analysis of the empirical evidence regarding whether net employment growth rather is generated by a few …

types of new firms, particularly if their parent firm continues to operate. A novel findings is that the rate of employment …

, as they suggest that in order to increase local employment levels, municipalities should target high tech employers with …