labor force reallocation. We show that worker flows between jobs in different industries are rare relative to the …. In fact, evidence suggest that changes in the demand for labor were accommodated mostly through demographic flows, with a …

Labor market segmentation refers to a salient divide between secure and insecure jobs and is related to problems in … countries have started a new wave of labor market reforms in the aftermath of the 2008/09 crisis to tackle a number of issues …, including labor market segmentation. This particularly concerns reforms in: (1) employment protection, i.e. dismissal protection …

Using micro panel data, labor market transitions are analyzed for the EU-member states by cumulative year … analyses mainly refer to female labor supply. In search for important determinants of these transitions, six EU countries with … different labor market-regimes are selected as examples (Denmark, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Ireland, UK). Within these …

We propose a theory-based adjustment to the labor income share to correct for the self-employment bias. Through a two …-sector neoclassical framework with agriculture and non-agriculture, we derive the productivity-adjusted aggregate labor income share in … terms of the agricultural productivity gap, and the labor income share in non-agriculture and value-added factor shares. We …

In-work benefits are becoming an increasingly relevant labour market policy, gradually expanding in scope and … geographical coverage. This paper investigates the equilibrium impact of in-work benefits and contrasts it with the traditional … of in-work benefits on search intensity, participation, employment, and unemployment, compared to a framework in which …

This paper summarizes the evolution of labor markets and labor market institutions and policies in the countries of … Central and Eastern Europe as well as of Central Asia over the last two decades. The main focus is on the evolution of labor … market institutions, which are among candidate explanations for the very diverse trajectories of labor markets in the region …

, the share of non-contracted employees in the labor force across all European countries increases with the minimum … falls with stricter employment protection legislation (EPL) and higher tax wedge on labor. Thus it appears that in Europe at … large, labor cost effects of EPL and taxes are weaker than their impact via perceptions of job security and law enforcement …

traditional government-sponsored short-time work …