-indifferences estimations and an event study approach show that highway access influences local employment outcomes in peripheral municipalities …We examine how highway accessibility influences local employment outcomes. We exploit the stagewise expansion of the … within 10 km road distance. Improved accessibility decreases employment by 9%. These effects are driven by reduced commuter …

employment levels during recessions. However, they can create inefficiency in the labor market, and might limit labor market …

employment, low youth and female unemployment, flexibility, and a low share of the "working poor", all of which can beneficially … self-employment, and an excess of labor cost growth over productivity growth, all of which can threaten further economic …