We design a survey that asks firms about the obstacles that discourage them from hiring despite having potential needs. Using Danish administrative data and subjective beliefs elicited from our survey, we show how hiring obstacles vary across firms. Over two-thirds of employers agree that skill...

We design a survey that asks firms about the obstacles that discourage them from hiring despite having potential needs. Using Danish administrative data and subjective beliefs elicited from our survey, we show how hiring obstacles vary across firms. Over two-thirds of employers agree that skill...

We design a survey that asks firms about the obstacles that discourage them from hiring despite having potential needs. Using Danish administrative data and subjective beliefs elicited from our survey, we show how hiring obstacles vary across firms. Over two-thirds of employers agree that skill...

We study how firms adjust labor in response to adverse shocks—via layoffs or pay cuts—and the reasons behind each adjustment margin. To do so, we design and implement a novel large-scale survey of firms in Denmark and link it to administrative data. We find, first, that layoffs are much more...

En este artículo se estudian y se comparan las consecuencias de perder el empleo en distintos países, utilizando un diseño de investigación armonizado y coordinado aplicado a datos administrativos de la Seguridad Social en siete países europeos. Tras la pérdida del empleo, son los...

Summary of Banco de España Working Paper no. 2224