of the four potential drivers of this puzzle, namely competition, education, labour market flexibility and the size of …

This paper examines the main determinants of compositional changes in private consumption, output and employment in the … ones. This, it is hoped, may shed some light on the likely behaviour of employment in a setting of revived economic growth … private services), sectoral employment, productivity and foreign trade shares. The second part shows empirical results from …

This paper explores the impact of policies and institutions on employment and unemployment of OECD countries in the … and institutions affect employment not only via their impact on aggregate unemployment but also through their effects on … labour market participation - particularly for those groups "at the margin" of the labour market, group-specific employment …

Over the past decade, labour market outcomes have improved in India, with net employment rising markedly for the … subject to labour market regulation, and here employment has fallen. The role of employment protection legislation in … affecting employment outcomes is controversial both in the OECD area and in India. This paper looks at the impact of employment …

There have been concerns that employment-enhancing reforms along the lines of the 1994 OECD Jobs Strategy could … employment have in general offset the impact of rising wage dispersion. A preliminary econometric analysis for the period 1978 …

regulation to strengthen competition could help expand formal sector employment. Changes in municipal laws and regulations to … ease migration and facilitate informal employment are also likely to be particularly important. Improving the … implementation of employment protection legislation could also help reduce unemployment. Efforts to tackle crime could help reduce …

Economists have traditionally been very cautious when studying the interaction between employment and health because of … disorders. By contrast, non-employment and retirement are generally worse for mental health than employment, and overemployment … has a negative effect on health. These findings stress the importance of employment and of adequate working conditions for …