In this study we examine the contribution of severance pay to employment and unemployment development using data on …-varying labor market institutions. While the positive effect of severance pay on unemployment garners some support, there is no real … indication of adverse effects for (the three) other employment outcomes identified here. Moreover, with the possible exception of …

mainly on dismissals protection, distinguishing between the themes of employment and unemployment development and labor … market dynamics proper. Our discussion of employment and unemployment largely deals with the effect of employment protection …Empirical investigation of the labor market consequences of employment protection has mushroomed since Lazear's (1990 …

by Neumark and Wascher's (2004) seminal cross-country study using panel methods to estimate minimum wage effects among … of time-varying policy and institutional regressors. Yet another is our examination of unemployment and participation … outcomes in addition to employment effects. We report strong evidence of adverse employment effects among adult females and …

by Neumark and Wascher's (2004) seminal cross-country study using panel methods to estimate minimum wage effects among … of time-varying policy and institutional regressors. Yet another is our examination of unemployment and participation … outcomes in addition to employment effects. We report strong evidence of adverse employment effects among adult females and …

mainly on dismissals protection, distinguishing between the themes of employment and unemployment development and labor … market dynamics proper. Our discussion of employment and unemployment largely deals with the effect of employment protection …Empirical investigation of the labor market consequences of employment protection has mushroomed since Lazear's (1990 …

In this study we examine the contribution of severance pay to employment and unemployment development using data on …-varying labor market institutions. While the positive effect of severance pay on unemployment garners some support, there is no real … indication of adverse effects for (the three) other employment outcomes identified here. Moreover, with the possible exception of …

providing only atypical, even precarious, employment. Yet they may also allow workers to locate suitable job matches. Exploiting … data from all four Contingent and Alternative Employment Arrangement Supplements to the Current Population Survey, we … that unemployed workers who become reemployed are more likely to find work in AWAs than in regular, open-ended employment …

Atypical employment arrangements such as agency temporary work and contracting have long been criticized as offering … more precarious and unstable work than regular employment. Using data from two datasets - the CAEAS and the NLSY79 we … determine whether workers who take such jobs rather than regular employment, or the alternative of continued job search …

Using linked employer-employee data, this paper estimates the effect of collective bargaining coverage on wages over an … robustness checks. Joining a sectoral agreement is found always to produce higher wages, while exiting a sectoral agreement no …

Using linked employer-employee data, this paper estimates the effect of collective bargaining coverage on wages over an … robustness checks. Joining a sectoral agreement is found always to produce higher wages, while exiting a sectoral agreement no …