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The Jobs Challenge in Poland : Policies to Raise Employment
Burns, Andrew - 2004
With almost 50 per cent of the working age population not working, improving labour market performance represents an essential and daunting challenge for Poland. While some of today’s joblessness is cyclical in nature, most of it appears to be structural. This paper argues that to increase...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445638
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Do Policies that Reduce Unemployment Raise its Volatility?: Evidence from OECD Countries
Serres, Alain de; Murtin, Fabrice - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
In this paper we examine whether past labour market reforms aiming at reducing the rate of unemployment have raised its … Monte-Carlo techniques, we do not find any evidence of such policy trade-off. In contrast, we find that reduced unemployment … associated with a weaker persistence of unemployment over time, which implies a lower volatility of unemployment in the long run …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277012
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Portugal: Rebalancing the Economy and Returning to Growth Through Job Creation and Better Capital Allocation
Pina, Álvaro; Abreu, Ildeberta - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012
increasing targeted training. Reforms in wage setting, labour taxation, unemployment benefits and activation policies will foster … job creation, thus enhancing output growth while avoiding high unemployment becoming entrenched and threatening social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276804
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The cost of job loss in carbon-intensive sectors: Evidence from Germany
Barreto, César - 2023
The green transformation of the economy is expected to lead to a sharp reduction in employment in carbon-intensive industries. For designing policies to support displaced workers, it is crucial to better understand the cost of job loss, whether there are specific effects of being displaced from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014491375
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Labour Market Reform in Germany: How to Improve Effectiveness
Wurzel, Eckhard - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2006
High levels of unemployment and rising social charges have lead to considerable pressure on labour markets to adjust … significant disincentives for labour supply of older people and spouses, which should be eliminated. Unemployment related benefits … qualifications and regions to fight unemployment. Regulatory conditions in other parts of the economy interact in important ways with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045708
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China's Labour Market in Transition: Job Creation, Migration and Regulation
Herd, Richard; Koen, Vincent; Reutersward, Anders - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2010
Over the past decade, the share of jobs not controlled by the state has increased considerably, whilst employment in agriculture has declined, against the backdrop of ongoing urbanisation. Over 200 million people have been drawn into urban areas through official or unofficial migration, despite...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008480477
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The Jobs Challenge in Poland: Policies to Raise Employment
Burns, Andrew; Kowalski, Przemyslaw - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2004
With almost 50 per cent of the working age population not working, improving labour market performance represents an essential and daunting challenge for Poland. While some of today’s joblessness is cyclical in nature, most of it appears to be structural. This paper argues that to increase...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005046206
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Labour Market Performance by Age Groups: A Focus on France
Boulhol, Hervé; Sicari, Patrizio - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
contribution of each age group to total unemployment-rate differentials is also computed. An estimate of the sensitivity of age …-specific unemployment rates to the economic cycle is provided for OECD countries. France is one of the OECD countries having the highest …’s total unemployment rate differential with best-performing countries. Youth unemployment rate is especially sensitive to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276961
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012442985
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Migration in OECD countries: Labour Market Impact and Integration Issues
Jean, Sébastien; Causa, Orsetta; Jimenez, Miguel; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2007
, and a temporary impact on unemployment. However, labour market integration of immigrants (as well as integration of second …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045889