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We provide a unified discussion of the relations among flows of workers, changes in employment and changes in the … number of jobs at the level of the firm. Using the only available set of data (a nationally representative sample of Dutch … firms in 1988 and 1990) we discover that: 1) Nearly half of all hiring is by firms where employment is not growing; 2) Over …
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Unemployment Compensation, and the likely impacts of that Commission and economists' research findings on policy. Using a … effects of unemployment insurance, with the degree of recognition proportional to the strength of the consensus among …
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This essay sets out a framework for evaluating empirical work in terms of the ability of the data to provide adequate parameter estimates and hypothesis tests about the true underlying structure. Problems of aggregation, representativeness and structural change are discussed in detail. These...
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I argue for increased reliance on non-U.S. data and policy evaluations to understand basic labor- market parameters and to predict the effects of changes in U.S. labor-market policies. Foreign experiences generate exogenous shocks to labor costs that create unusual opportunities to measure...
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jumps. Employment is unchanged in response to small demand shocks, but moves instantaneously to a new long-run equilibrium … listing of job vacancies, all of which change the cost of adjusting employment …
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