Nationally representative panel survey data for Germany and Australia are used to investigate the impact of working … (working fewer hours than desired), however, seems to only be of significance in Australia. …

This study gives a comparative overview of labor market dynamics and institutional arrangements in Germany and Brazil … with particular emphasis on industrial relations, wage setting, unemployment benefits, employment protection and vocational …

tests the hypotheses using data on adult males from the Longitudinal Survey of Immigrants to Australia. The theoretical … includes data on pre-immigration occupation, the ?first? occupation in Australia (at 6 months) and the occupation after about 3 ….5 years in Australia. The hypotheses are supported by the empirical analysis. …

the hypothesis that a rigid wage structure has been responsible for rising low-skilled unemployment, I propose a …

lead to higher equilibrium unemployment via the generated real wage wedge. …

'entrepreneurial milieu' affect the decision to start a new business out of unemployment? The econometric study is based on data from a …