Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 141
Cover Image
Flexibility vs. Rigidity: Does Spain have the worst of both Worlds?
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2000
In this paper we study the structure of labor market flows in Spain and compare them with France and the US. We characterize a number of empirical regularities and stylized facts. One striking result is that the job finding rate is slightly higher than in France, while the job loss rate is much...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262363
Cover Image
Flexibility vs. Rigidity: Does Spain have the worst of both Worlds?
Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
In this paper we study the structure of labor market flows in Spain and compare them with France and the US. We characterize a number of empirical regularities and stylized facts. One striking result is that the job finding rate is slightly higher than in France, while the jon loss rate is much...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703292
Cover Image
Are the Unemployed Unemployable?
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992
may have increased unemployment, and shows that this is likely to occur if technological change is associated with an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666594
Cover Image
A new look at the discouragement and the added worker hypotheses : applying a trend-cycle decomposition to unemployment
Fuchs, Johann; Weber, Enzo - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2013
"Using German data this study applies an unobserved-components approach to disentangle the unemployment rate into a … trend component of unemployment, which triggers permanent reactions of the workers, is likely connected to a structural … effect. By splitting up the participation effect of changes in the unemployment rate our analysis differs profoundly from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010691302
Cover Image
Long-term unemployment and labor force participation: A decomposition of unemployment to test for the discouragement and added worker hypotheses
Fuchs, Johann; Weber, Enzo - 2015
unemployment rate - into a short-term and a long-term component. While short-term unemployment might not result in additional … workers on a large scale, long-term unemployment reduces household income more, increasing the need for additional income. On … are available, distinguishing between short-term and long-term unemployment reveals discouragement effects. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011419538
Cover Image
Which factors are behind Germany's labour market upswing?
Hutter, Christian; Klinger, Sabine; Weber, Enzo; … - 2019
The strong and sustained labour market upswing in Germany is widely recognized. In a developing literature, various relevant studies highlight different specific reasons. The underlying study, instead, simultaneously considers a broad set of factors in a unified methodological framework and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012111688
Cover Image
A new look at the discouragement and the added worker hypotheses: Applying a trend-cycle decomposition to unemployment
Fuchs, Johann; Weber, Enzo - 2013
Using German data this study applies an unobserved-components approach to disentangle the unemployment rate into a … trend component of unemployment, which triggers permanent reactions of the workers, is likely connected to a structural … effect. By splitting up the participation effect of changes in the unemployment rate our analysis differs profoundly from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323799
Cover Image
Increased labor market participation can't do the job of mastering Germany's demographic change in the future
Brenke, Karl; Clemens, Marius - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 7 (2017) 33/35, pp. 325-334
In the last decade the available labor force has expanded in Germany-despite the decline in the working-age population. The reason: labor market participation has increased, for women in particular and older people in general. Also noticeable was a rise in qualification level because...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011723167
Cover Image
Steigende Erwerbsbeteiligung wird künftig kaum ausreichen, um den demografischen Wandel in Deutschland zu meistern
Brenke, Karl; Clemens, Marius - In: DIW Wochenbericht 84 (2017) 35, pp. 675-685
Im vergangenen Jahrzehnt ist die Zahl der in Deutschland verfügbaren Arbeitskräfte gestiegen - trotz rückläufiger Bevölkerung im erwerbsfähigen Alter. Das liegt daran, dass die Erwerbsbeteiligung zugenommen hat, insbesondere bei Frauen sowie generell bei Älteren. Dabei macht sich auch...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011723484
Cover Image
Labour Market Adjustments to Population Decline
Hellwagner, Timon; Weber, Enzo - 2021
growth. We find no clear effects on the unemployment rate and wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012623201