for employment protection, provided it is uniform across workers and not specifically higher for older workers. It …

along the employment rate (the extensive margin). In this paper we develop an equilibrium matching model where both margins …

Empirical investigation of the labor market consequences of employment protection has mushroomed since Lazear's (1990 … 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 …

evolution over time of the employment rates of women and of the young, and of hours worked in OECD countries. Beyond controlling … do all this we find that culture still matters for women employment rates and for hours worked. However, policies and … appear to be important in explaining the employment rate of the young. In the case of women employment rates, the policy …

In this paper, the inter-industry wage structure in West Germany and USA is compared using the German Socio … dispersion. In calculating inter-industry wage differentials as deviations from a hypothetical employment-share weighted mean, we …