Does restrictive bank lending cause lower employment growth at the firm-level or does it reflect firm characteristics … that drive the deterioration of employment figures? Applying propensity score matching, we estimate the treatment effect of … restrictive bank lending on employment growth. Combining balance sheet information and survey data on a firm's current and …

This report reviews some of the most recent literature examining the home country employment effects of … conclusion from the literature is that the absolute employment effects are modest, although there are likely to be notable … employment effects of outward foreign direct investment on the home country seem to indicate positive rather than substitution …

Over the past decade, the share of jobs not controlled by the state has increased considerably, whilst employment in … enforced remains to be seen. For the time being, de facto employment protection is far less than de jure, with an enduring … wages, nor are they effectively enforced. During the recent slowdown, average wages adjusted rapidly and employment was soon …

This paper studies the influence of cultural and economic variables on differences in the level of self-employment in …

worker literature, very little is known about the sources of the heterogeneity in plant level employment policies. The … present paper, studies in detail the employment management policies for heterogeneous plants and for heterogeneous labour …