felt in all advanced economies. Reforms aimed at increasing productivity in services and reducing gaps in employment …

increase growth and employment are studied. From a cross-country approach, this study finds a significant relationship between …

with similar downturns had very different employment trends can help design policies to reduce such costs and improve labor … markets. This paper analyzes the recent employment experiences of six economies: Germany, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain …

heterogeneity. We also take into account that there might be feedback from shocks in the employment status to future propensity of … receiving firm-provided training. We find that firm-provided training significantly increases future employment prospects. This …

health and employment among older Canadians. We focus on two issues: (1) the possible endogeneity of self- reported health … estimates of the impact of health on employment using self-assessed health, the HUI3, and a "purged" health measure similar to …

available studies and statistics on employment and welfare outcomes. Findings – The eight selected countries display … similarities: a u-shaped pattern of employment rates of older workers (55-64 years old) over the last 40 years, with an increase … since the mid 1990s, the later exit of higher educated workers and the higher prevalence of non-standard employment …

crisis of 1999-2002 with the aim of (1) identifying the most vulnerable households, (2) investigating whether employment in … did not serve to decrease their vulnerability. A significant source of vulnerability was linked to changes in employment …