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Non-base wage components as a source of wage adaptability to shocks: Evidence from European firms, 2010-2013
Babeckij, Jan; Berson, Clémence; Fadejeva, Ludmila; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 8 (2019) 1, pp. 1-18
This paper provides evidence on the role of non-base wage components as a channel for firms to adjust labour costs in the event of adverse shocks. It uses data from a firm-level survey for 25 European countries that covers the period 2010-2013. We find that firms subject to nominal wage...
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A reform agenda for improving the delivery of ALMPs in the MENA region
Angel-Urdinola, Diego F.; Leon-Solano, Rene A. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 2 (2013), pp. 1-25
high unemployment, prevalence of skills mismatches, low labor market mobility, and lack of formal employment networks …
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A reform agenda for improving the delivery of ALMPs in the MENA region
Angel-Urdinola, Diego; Leon-Solano, Rene - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 2 (2013) 1, pp. 1-25
J20, J30, J40, J50 </AbstractSection> Copyright Angel-Urdinola and Leon-Solano; licensee Springer. 2013
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Who bears the cost of the business cycle? Labor-market institutions and volatility of the youth unemployment rate
Kawaguchi, Daiji; Murao, Tetsushi - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-22
The way age-specific unemployment rates fluctuate over the business cycle differs significantly across countries. This … paper examines the effect of labor-market institutions on the fluctuations of age-specific unemployment rates based on panel …
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Collective bargaining systems and macroeconomic and microeconomic flexibility: The quest for appropriate institutional forms in advanced economies
Addison, John T. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 5 (2016) 19, pp. 1-53
This paper addresses the design of the machinery of collective bargaining from the perspective of microeconomic and macroeconomic flexibility. In the former context, somewhat greater attention is given over to enterprise flexibility than external adjustment. In the latter context, close...
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Shifts in euro area Beveridge curves and their determinants
Bonthuis, Boele; Jarvis, Valerie; Vanhala, Juuso - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 5 (2016) 20, pp. 1-17
This paper analyses euro area Beveridge curves at the euro area aggregate and country level over the past 25 years. Using an autoregressive distributed lag model, we find a significant outward shift and flattening of the euro area Beveridge curve since the onset of the crisis, but considerable...
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Labor exports from Palestine to Israel: A boon or bane for the West Bank economy?
Agbahey, Johanes; Siddig, Khalid; Grethe, Harald; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 10 (2020) 1, pp. 1-25
This article analyzes the effects on the West Bank economy of temporary Palestinian employment in Israel, using a new database and a computable general equilibrium model. The results show that Palestinian employment in Israel increases household incomes but distorts the operation of the West...
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Unemployment impact of product and labor market regulation: Evidence from European countries
Piton, Céline; Rycx, François - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 9 (2019) 1, pp. 1-32
This paper provides robust estimates of the impact of both product and labor market regulations on unemployment using … set of covariates, results show that product market deregulation overall reduces the unemployment rate. This finding is … effect: deregulation of state controls and in particular involvement in business operations tend to push up the unemployment …
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Another economic miracle? The German labor market and the great recession
Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-21
Germany's labor market responded only mildly to the Great Recession. Important factors for this development include the … particularly affected by the crisis. Although Germany's experience is in stark contrast to the United States, we identify and …
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Mental health: The new frontier for labour economics
Layard, Richard - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 2 (2013), pp. 1-16
This lecture argues that mental health is a major factor of production. It is the biggest single influence on life satisfaction, with mental health eight years earlier a more powerful explanatory factor than current income. Mental health also affects earnings and educational success. But, most...
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