suggest that immigration exhibits negative effects on native employment and wages, and has no effects on total employment …. Imports affect employment negatively and exports have a positive effect on wages. The German results indicate that immigration … and trade is not harming employment and wages. Natives seem to be complements to migrants, at least to those from East …

, it delivers an expression for the employment rate and as side-products, a measure of the unemployment rate and the size … rationalizes differences in employment rates: in the U.S., we find a market productivity premium of +30% and market frictions of …

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 …

laws: employment protection and labor dispute resolution legislation. We find that laws that increase employment protection … or the cost of labor disputes substantially reduce registered sector employment and output. These laws do no seem to … as textiles, are the hardest hit by amendments that increase employment protection while capital-intensive industries are …

Despite a sequence of labor market reforms in recent years, employment of older workers in Germany is still lower than … inconsistent. Further reforms are needed to create better employment opportunities for older workers. This implies the abolishment …

health and employment among older Canadians. We focus on two issues: (1) the possible endogeneity of self-reported health … estimates of the impact of health on employment using self-assessed health, the HUI3, and a ?purged? health measure similar to …

that the two dimensions of the extensive margin, the employment rate and the participation rate, explain the most of the …