This paper provides the first systematic study of how minimum wage policies in China affect firm employment over the … impact on employment, with an estimated elasticity of -0.1. Furthermore, we find a heterogeneous effect of the minimum wage … on employment which depends on the firm's wage level. Specifically, the minimum wage has a greater negative impact on …

We examine the impact of uncertainty on employment dynamics. Alternative measures of uncertainty are constructed based … price index, and fuel prices. Our results indicate that greater uncertainty has a negative impact on growth of employment …-existent or weaker. Our results suggest that to truly understand the effects of uncertainty on employment dynamics, we need to …

The aim of this paper is to provide new estimates of employment-output elasticities and assess the effect of structural … and macroeocnomic policies on the employment-intensity of growth. Using an unbalanced panel of 167 countries over the … reducing government size have a significant and positive impact on employment elasticities. In addition, the results also …

This paper considers the adjustment of physical capital within a country in the long run and in the short run. It uses … return. In the short run, an adverse shock to a region results in a sharp drop in employment and a gradual decline of … physical capital; the system returns to its initial capital/labor ratio after four years. The sharp drop in employment is …

(“smarter”) if it takes into account the fiscal impact of structural reforms, in line with a recent proposal by the European …

-specific variable, it is known that there are K reservation wages that could be posted, but generically never more than two actually are …

. Overall, it finds that while Canada's labor market efficiency seems comparable to that of the United States, product market …

employment, unemployment, and economic growth in OECD countries. The paper examines a number of facets of tax and welfare policy …