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Flexibility vs. Rigidity: Does Spain have the worst of both Worlds?
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2000
In this paper we study the structure of labor market flows in Spain and compare them with France and the US. We characterize a number of empirical regularities and stylized facts. One striking result is that the job finding rate is slightly higher than in France, while the job loss rate is much...
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Disaggregate Matching Functions
Fahr, René; Sunde, Uwe - 2001
This paper deals with empirical matching functions. The paper is innovative in several ways. First, unlike in most of the existing literature, matching functions are estimated not only on aggregate, but also on disaggregate levels which is unusual due to the scarcity of appropriate data....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262541
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How important are labor market institutions for labor market performance in transition countries?
Lehmann, Hartmut; Muravyev, Alexander - 2009
This paper offers a first comprehensive study of the relationship between labor market institutions and policies and … documents the evolution of labor market institutions and policies in the transition region. The data show a clear trend towards … test several predictions concerning the role of institutions and polices in explaining labor market outcomes. The results …
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The macroeconomics of the labor market: Three fundamental views
Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Héctor; Snower, Dennis J. - 2006
We distinguish and assess three fundamental views of the labor market regarding the movements in unemployment: (i) the … that all the short-run fluctuations automatically turn into long-run changes in the unemployment rate. We assert the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276421
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Does the Recent Success of Some OECD Countries in Lowering their Unemployment Rates Lie in the Clever Design of their Labour Market Reforms?
Belot, Michèle; van Ours, Jan C. - 2000
unemployment is affected by different labour market institutions (LMI) such as labour taxes, unemployment benefits, employment …The development of the unemployment rate differs substantially between OECD countries. In recent years some countries … experienced a mild increase, other countries had a stable unemployment rate, while there are also 'successful' countries in which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270412
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Labour market dynamics in Australia: what drives unemployment?
Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Héctor - 2009
causes of the unemployment upturn in 1973-1983 and the subsequent decline in 1993-2006. Our results show that (i) the main … determinants of the unemployment rise in the 1970s and early 1980s were wage-push factors, the two oil price shocks and the … increase in interest rates, and (ii) the acceleration in capital accumulation was the crucial driving force of unemployment in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276466
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Fewer jobs or smaller paychecks? Aggregate crisis impacts in selected middle-income countries
Khanna, Gaurav; Newhouse, David; Paci, Pierella - 2011
This paper reviews evidence from 44 middle income countries on how the recent financial crisis affected jobs and workers' income. In addition to providing a rare assessment of the magnitude of the impact across several middle-income countries, the paper describes how labor markets adjusted and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280687
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Labor market institutions and informality in transition and Latin American countries
Lehmann, Hartmut; Muravyev, Alexander - 2012
market institutions on informal economic activity. The measure of informal economic activity is taken from Schneider et al …. (2010), the most comprehensive study to date. The data on institutions, which cover employment protection legislation (EPL …), the tax wedge, the unemployment benefit level, unemployment benefit duration and union density, are assembled at the IZA …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291406
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Recent Developments in Part-Time Work in EU-15 Countries : Trends and Policy
Buddelmeyer, Hielke; Mourre, Gilles; Ward, Melanie E. - 2004
PTR across countries are significantly affected by policy and institutions. In particular policy measures geared toward … of social protection) to take up a part-time job. Moreover, other labour market institutions, including benefit systems …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277066
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Capital deepening and wage differentials: Germany vs. US
Koeniger, Winfried; Leonardi, Marco - 2006
in countries with different labor market institutions. If labor market institutions raise the relative wage of unskilled …. Instead in the US, where wage-compressing institutions are weaker, firms invest more in high-skilled workers. We provide …
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