For the last two decades, the increase of employment among cohorts of individuals aged 50+ has been a policy objective … on the European employment agenda. The present paper takes stock of the situation as observed in Belgium over the time … period 1997-2011. First, we provide analysis on the evolution of older workers' employment in Belgium and its neighboring …

compare their job prospects to those of their counterparts in other low-income regions. We show that employment rates are …

Covid-19 pandemic and related employment protection policies on the labor market outcomes of recent university graduates. We … find that both males and females are less likely to be employed during the pandemic year, with more pronounced employment … losses for females. While gender differences in employment arise from females' high skill employment losses, becoming …

research on the employment effect of minimum wages in SSA, but the few findings are consistent with the broad summary of global …. However, there is significant variation around this average finding - the employment elasticities are not constant nor linear …. Where increases in a minimum wage are large and immediate, this can result in employment losses, but more modest increases …

Today, Europe is a continent of low participation, low employment labor markets. Many observers would like to blame … poor employment outcomes on the Euro or on austerity. But these are dangerous distractions from real problems that …: almost every European economy has more stringent employment protection and more generous social benefits than peers in North …

systems unless there is an offsetting increase in employment rates. This is especially true for older workers whose employment …

This paper proposes a novel method for identifying and visualising key employment obstacles that may prevent … that governments use when designing and implementing activation and employment-support policies. In particular, it aims to … provide individual and household perspectives on employment problems, which may be missed when relying on common labour …

Solo self-employment is on the rise despite less favorable working conditions compared to traditional jobs. We show … that the introduction of minimum wages in German industries led to an increase in the share of solo self-employment by up … employment) dominates the positive substitution effect (shift towards high-skilled workers). Such situations can occur during an …

We measure the impact of employment protection reduction in an uncertain framework on firms' hires and performance …-exporting and non-innovative firms. Our evidence casts doubts on the effectiveness of employment protection reductions in enhancing …