other countries. However, these policies also appear to encourage part-time work and employment in lower level positions: US …

influence the labour market performance of skilled immigrants. Our estimates point to improvements in employment rates and … reforms. Nonetheless, the gains are modest in comparison to a substantial and persistent performance advantage of U.S. skilled …

Western Europe, but by lower employment rates in Eastern and Southern Europe …

division of labor. It identifies and analyzes cross-country disparities between France, Italy, Sweden and United States, using …

We estimate a model of the joint participation and mobility along with the individuals' wage formation in France. Our … using state of the art bayesian methods employing a long panel (1976-1995) for France. Our results clearly show that returns … rationale for this phenomenon. Specifically, in a low-mobility country such as France, there is little gain in compensating …

We estimate the effects of Wal-Mart stores on county-level retail employment and earnings, accounting for endogeneity … employment results indicate that a Wal-Mart store opening reduces county-level retail employment by about 150 workers, implying … retail employment. The payroll results indicate that Wal-Mart store openings lead to declines in county-level retail earnings …

context. These include collective bargaining, minimum wages, employment protection laws, unemployment insurance (UI), mandated … loosening employment protections while providing relatively generous UI benefits with strict job search requirements holds out …