Africa. But employment in African manufacturing has grown rapidly over the past 20 years. These employment gains have been … accompanied by: (i) large increases in the number of small manufacturing firms; (ii) limited employment gains in large firms; and … (iii) robust labor productivity growth in Africa's large firms. Limited employment growth in Africa's large manufacturing …

Employment rates in Puerto Rico range from 55 to 65 percent of U.S. rates during the past thirty years. This huge … employment shortfall holds for men and women, cuts across all education groups, and is deeper for persons without a college … educated workers. Motivated by these facts, we identify several factors that undermine employment growth and business …

Many developing countries would like to increase the share of modern or formal sectors in their employment. One way to …, previous research on the issue has been limited by the paucity of long data sets for firm operations. We examine employment … from domestic ones. Employment growth is relatively high in foreign-owned establishments, although foreign firms own …

on employment. We show that job security policies have substantial impact on the level and the distribution of employment … in Latin America. They reduce employment and promote inequality. The institutional organization of the labor market … affects both employment and inequality …

and examines whether the US fulfills these criterion. The US's employment and productivity performance make it a … workers, continued full employment will greatly strengthen the case for the US as peak economy. But with anything less than … full employment the US economy will lose its luster. Even if this occurs, however, the US record in employing women and …

This study investigates the relationship between parental employment and child cognitive development using data from … employment may be particularly costly for children in traditional' two-parent families. Finally, the data suggest that paternal … and maternal employment have qualitatively similar effects, hinting at the importance of time investments by fathers. The …

chronic large deficits. The familiar conclusion that sustained government deficits at full employment depress private capital …

, Japanese firms resembled U.S. multinationals. A Japanese parent's employment, given the level of its production, tends to be … similar to that of Swedish firms, but contrasts with that of U.S. firms. U.S. firms appear to reduce employment at home …-wage countries. We conclude that in Japanese firms and ancillary employment at home to service foreign operations outweighs any …

. It suggests that the pay and employment experience of low skilled Americans is a poor counterfactual for assessing how …

employment levels for New York City and Philadelphia the two cities for which employment series are available show the local … income and wage tax rates have significant negative effects on city employment levels …