This paper presents evidence on gender segregation in employment contracts in 15 EU countries, using micro data from …

This paper studies the dynamics of labour demand and the determinants of employment rates across the OECD. We find: (i …) labour demand adjusts less rapidly when employment protection is more strict and union density is higher; (ii) there is no … evidence that overall job turnover is influenced by employment protection; (iii) union density and coverage are negatively …

Theoretical predictions of the effect of TFP growth on employment are ambiguous, and depend on the extent to which new … technology is embodied in new jobs. We estimate a model for employment, wages and investment with an annual panel for the United … States, Japan and Europe and find that TFP growth increases employment. For the United States TFP growth explains the trend …

countries in terms of education, earnings, and employment. …

, through employment generation, and indirectly through an impact on agricultural wages. The paper illustrates that in Palanpur … previously disadvantaged and most vulnerable segments of village society have gained access to non-farm employment opportunities …

pay of low wage workers, narrowed the gender pay gap and now covers around 1-worker-in-10. The consequences for employment … employment effects. The reasons for this include: an impact on hours rather than workers; employer wage setting and labour market …

I study the role of company start-up costs for employment performance. The model is search equilibrium with a new … jointly determined. Higher start-up costs reduce overall employment but increase the size of incumbent firms. I discuss some …