In this paper we derive an alternative measure for structural unemployment using a stochastic frontier analysis. This measure, by empirical design, is always less than total unemployment and it is, thus, more consistent with the theoretical description of structural unemployment than its usual...

The labor markets of developing countries are analysed, focusing on the importance of investment and flexibility.

An analysis of European employment deficits using employment-population ratios shows that there exist unexhausted employment potentials in many EU countries, in particular for older employees, but also for women and in the service sector. If the EU-15 were to match the U.S. employment-population...

The two standard monthly measures of employment growth, one from a survey of payrolls and the other from a survey of households, often differ substantially, and the payroll measure is widely regarded as the more reliable. This paper questions that preference and concludes it is not supported by...

A striking observation of the U.S. and other labor markets is the weak position of women in terms of job attachment, employment, and earnings relative to men. We develop a model of fertility and labor market decisions to study the impact of fertility on gender differences in labor turnover,...

This paper looks at developments in female labour force participation in Greece since the 1960s and attempts to identify factors that contributed to changes in the participation rate and explanations for the gap in the female participation rate between Greece and the EU- 15. The analysis uses...

The process of ageing affects all the European Union Member States, including Poland. According to forecasts by the Central Statistical Office, in 2035, the population of Poland will decrease in relation to 2010 by more than 2 million, and the share of people aged 50+ in the total population...

Global financial and economic crisis has dramatically changed the economic and social landscape of all world countries. In this context, economic factors and social variables have deteriorated even more and the interconditionality between them became increasingly stronger in the sense that the...

A magyar kormány 2001-ben 57 százalékkal emelte a minimálbért, e sorok írásakor pedig újabb 25-44 százalékos emelésről tárgyal az immár egyetértő szakszervezetekkel. A tanulmány e lépés foglalkoztatási következményeinek felméréséhez szeretne támpontokat nyújtani. Az...

This paper highlights some peculiarities of labour market in the urban and rural areas, both at national level and at the level of the eight development regions of Romania. Moreover, the paper underlines the implications of the regions’ degree of urbanisation on employment and economic...