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Man-cessions, Fiscal Policy, and the Gender Composition of Employment
Bredemeier, Christian; Juessen, Falko; Winkler, Roland - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
fiscal shocks and non-fiscal shocks on the gender composition of employment. We show that contractionary non-fiscal shocks … lead to man-cessions, i.e. employment falls and more strongly so for men. By contrast, an expansionary fiscal shock … predominantly raises the employment of women. Taken together, these results imply a trade-off dilemma for policy that seeks to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011214037
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Man-cessions, Fiscal Policy, and the Gender Composition of Employment
Bredemeier, Christian; Jüßen, Falko; Winkler, Roland - 2015
fiscal shocks and non-fiscal shocks on the gender composition of employment. We show that contractionary non-fiscal shocks … lead to man-cessions, i.e. employment falls and more strongly so for men. By contrast, an expansionary fiscal shock … predominantly raises the employment of women. Taken together, these results imply a trade-off dilemma for policy that seeks to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513222
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Downward Real Wage Rigidity and Equal Treatment Wage Contracts: Theory and Evidence
Snell, Andy; Stüber, Heiko; Thomas, Jonathan P. - 2018
Recent dynamic contracting models of downward real wage rigidity with "equal treatment" – newly hired workers cannot price themselves into jobs by undercutting incumbents – imply that real wages are relatively rigid in "bad" times but upwardly flexible during "good" times. We use an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873508
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The Impact of Aggregate and Sectoral Fluctuations on Training Decisions
Caponi, Vincenzo; Kayahan, Cevat Burc; Plesca, Miana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
So far the literature has found that the effect of macroeconomic fluctuations on training decisions is ambiguous. On the one hand, the opportunity cost to train is lower during downturns, and thus training should be counter-cyclical. On the other hand, a positive shock may be related to the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822107
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Labor Search and Matching in Macroeconomics
Yashiv, Eran - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
, selective survey of the literature. Four fundamental questions are explored: how are unemployment, job vacancies, and employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822179
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Deaths Rise in Good Economic Times: Evidence From the OECD
Gerdtham, Ulf-G.; Ruhm, Christopher J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
This study uses aggregate data for 23 OECD countries over the 1960-1997 period to examine the relationship between macroeconomic conditions and fatalities. The main finding is that total mortality and deaths from several common causes increase when labor markets strengthen. For instance,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822677
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Employment and Hours over the Business Cycle in a Model with Search Frictions
Kudoh, Noritaka; Miyamoto, Hiroaki; Sasaki, Masaru - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
an adjustment cost function for employment and hours. We calibrate the model to match the Japanese labor market, in which … behavior of hours of work, but fails to generate employment volatility of realistic magnitude. Additional penalties for longer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011228303
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Payroll Taxes, Social Insurance and Business Cycles
Burda, Michael C.; Weder, Mark - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Payroll taxes represent a major distortionary influence of governments on labor markets. This paper examines the role of payroll taxation and the social safety net for cyclical fluctuations in a nonmonetary economy with labor market frictions and unemployment insurance, when the latter is only...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008611305
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Does Short-Time Work Save Jobs? A Business Cycle Analysis
Balleer, Almut; Gehrke, Britta; Lechthaler, Wolfgang; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In the Great Recession most OECD countries used short-time work (publicly subsidized working time reductions) to counteract a steep increase in unemployment. We show that short-time work can actually save jobs. However, there is an important distinction to be made: While the rule-based component...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011188129
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Unemployment Benefits or Taxes: How Should Policy Makers Redistribute Income over the Business Cycle?
Ek, Susanne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper studies optimal unemployment benefit levels and optimal proportional income tax rates over the business cycle. Previous research suggests that policy makers should make unemployment insurance (UI) dependent on the business cycle because the UI system can be used to smooth consumption...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646283