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Whodunnit? Changes in the relative demand for unskilled and skilled labor

Schimmelpfennig, Axel - 1999

relative wage of the skilled. Increasing unemployment results only for a restrictive assumption about labor market rigidities. …

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The macroeconomics of the labor market: Three fundamental views

Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Héctor; Snower, Dennis J. - 2007

We distinguish and assess three fundamental views of the labor market regarding the movements in unemployment: (i) the … that all the short-run fluctuations automatically turn into long-run changes in the unemployment rate. We assert the …

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Unemployment and labour market rigidities in OECD countries: the impact of taxes

Heitger, Bernhard - 2000

This paper investigates unemployment and labour market rigidities in OECD countries in 1983?1994. The central issue is … the taxation-unemployment relationship and whether this relationship is exogenous or simultaneously determined. Hausman … specification tests indicate that the impact of taxation on short-term unemployment is positive and exogenous whereas the …

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Labour market transitions across OECD countries: Stylised facts

Causa, Orsetta - 2021

to facilitate hiring dynamics and to minimise long-term unemployment and scarring risks among vulnerable groups who have …

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Migration in OECD countries : Labour Market Impact and Integration Issues

Jean, Sébastien; Causa, Orsetta; Jimenez, Miguel; … - 2007

, and a temporary impact on unemployment. However, labour market integration of immigrants (as well as integration of second …

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The Unemployment Impact of Immigration in OECD Countries

Jean, Sébastien - 2007

This paper assesses the consequences of immigration for natives' unemployment in OECD countries and investigates the … raise temporarily natives' unemployment, over a period of approximately five to ten years. Anticompetitive product market … protection legislation magnifies its persistence, and a higher average replacement rate of unemployment benefits increases its …

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Female Labour Force Participation : Past Trends and Main Determinants in OECD Countries

Jaumotte, Florence - 2003

This paper examines the determinants of female labour force participation in OECD countries, including a number of policy instruments such as the tax treatment of second earners (relative to single individuals), childcare subsidies, child benefits, paid maternity and parental leaves, and tax...

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The Retirement Effects of Old-Age Pension and Early Retirement Schemes in OECD Countries

Duval, Romain - 2003

This paper examines the impact of old-age pension systems and other social transfer programmes on the retirement decision of older males in OECD countries. For each of the 55-59, 60-64 and 65+ age groups, a new panel dataset (22 OECD countries over 1969-1999 or shorter periods in some cases) of...

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Coping with Ageing : A Dynamic Approach to Quantify the Impact of Alternative Policy Options on Future Labour Supply in OECD Countries

Burniaux, Jean-Marc - 2004

In the face of the substantial ageing of population expected to occur in OECD countries over coming decades, policies that boost labour-force participation attract considerable interest. There remain large cross-country divergences in participation rates that are largely accounted for by...

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COVID-19, productivity and reallocation: Timely evidence from three OECD countries

Andrews, Dan - 2021

The longer run consequences of the pandemic will partly hinge on its impact on high productivity firms, and the ongoing process of labour reallocation from low to high productivity firms. While Schumpeter (1939) proposed that recessions can accelerate this process, the nature of the COVID-19...

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