) econometric approach that identifies the effects of shocks resulting from hurricanes. Based on the Quarterly Census of Employment … and Wages (QCEW) data on earnings and employment, the earnings of an average worker in Florida will increase as much as … counties; however, this is coupled with a slower growth rate in employment. Powerful hurricanes have greater effects than their …

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 …

economies. The relationship between demographic ageing and employment outcomes is even more worrying once the relationship is …

effect of employment density on workers' wages increases in the level of regional aggregation, explained by larger …

unemployment of an enterprise zone policy implemented in France in the 1990s …

The unemployment rate in France is roughly 6 percentage points higher for African immigrants than for natives. In the … rate gap in both France and the US, amounting to 17% to 25% of the relative gap in France and about 10% in the US. Among … these factors, differences in commuting distance plays the most important role. In France, though, longer commuting …

mothers, the point estimates suggest large and statistically significant effects on employment and hours of work, and in …

countries Germany, France and the Netherlands using the EU Labour Force Survey. Second, we characterize the different employment …For the last two decades, the increase of employment among cohorts of individuals aged 50+ has been a policy objective … on the European employment agenda. The present paper takes stock of the situation as observed in Belgium over the time …

use new micro-data from three countries - France, Spain and the United States - to examine one mechanism whereby such …