At first blush, most advances in labour demand were achieved by the late 1980s. Since then progress might appear to … have stalled. We argue to the contrary that significant progress has been made in understanding labour market frictions and … these developments, along the dimensions of the static and dynamic theory of labour demand, wage formation, and estimation …

Recent attempts to incorporate spatial heterogeneity in minimum-wage employment models have been attacked for using … overly simplistic trend controls, and for neglecting the potential impact on employment growth. We investigate whether such … considerations call into question our earlier findings of statistically insignificant employment effects for the restaurant …

Just as the standard two-way fixed effects model for estimating the impact of minimum wages on employment has been … policy is also alleged to obtain in such circumstances where the true effect of minimum wages is upon employment growth … statistically insignificant employment effects for an archetypal low-wage sector. We report that a continued focus on employment …

Recent attempts to incorporate spatial heterogeneity in minimum-wage employment models have been targeted for using … overly simplistic trend controls and for neglecting the potential impact of wage minima on employment growth. This paper … investigates whether such considerations call into question findings of statistically insignificant employment effects reported in …

mainly on dismissals protection, distinguishing between the themes of employment and unemployment development and labor … market dynamics proper. Our discussion of employment and unemployment largely deals with the effect of employment protection …Empirical investigation of the labor market consequences of employment protection has mushroomed since Lazear's (1990 …

mainly on dismissals protection, distinguishing between the themes of employment and unemployment development and labor … market dynamics proper. Our discussion of employment and unemployment largely deals with the effect of employment protection …Empirical investigation of the labor market consequences of employment protection has mushroomed since Lazear's (1990 …

seeming constant in the Anglophone countries: unions at the workplace are associated with reduced employment growth of around … representation - on employment change, 1993-2001. Works council plants have 2 to 3 percent lower employment growth having controlled …. That said, works councils do not seem to further slow the tortuous pace of employment adjustment in Germany …

despite stronger employment inertia, there is no suggestion in the firm panel that labour demand is cyclically unstable. …This paper examines the pattern of employment adjustment in Portugal. First, the issue is addressed using a long time … series of aggregate data. Although the employment data show persistence, there is nonetheless a fairly rapid rate of …