This paper studies how minimum wage policies affect firm employment in China using a unique county level minimum wage … or large profit margin increase employment, while those with low wages or small profit margin downsize. The increase in … the monopsony rent of firms.Our results provide evidence for the theoretical predictions of the positive minimum wage-employment …

employment in food retailing. Using data on the universe of German shops, we find that relaxing restrictions on business hours … increased employment by 0.4 workers per shop corresponding to an aggregate employment effect of 3 to 4 per cent. The effect was … driven by an increase in parttime employment while full-time employment was not affected. The statistical significance of …

effects of CA-PFL. Rights to paid leave are also associated with higher work and employment probabilities for mothers nine to …

crime levels and their own financial circumstances, whereas concerns about xenophobia and employment have diminished …

The Labor Market and Employment (Handbook article). The labor market differs from typical markets in important ways. We … find job competition and collective mechanisms that set wages and working conditions. Changes in employment bring about … changes in wages and prices and entail political and monetary responses. The goals of price stability and full employment …

This study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Philippine labor market, focusing on employment and real … employment outcomes at various stages of the crisis, we estimate changes in the probability of employment through a set of logit … larger on employment than on real wages, in contrast to findings for previous crises which found the reverse to be true …

distribution, entry and exit, and employment. By exploiting the fact that firms can only use the available credit with suppliers … formal employment between 6.7% and 10.3%. This increase in employment is driven by the increase in the average size of firms …