Covid-19 pandemic and related employment protection policies on the labor market outcomes of recent university graduates. We … find that both males and females are less likely to be employed during the pandemic year, with more pronounced employment … losses for females. While gender differences in employment arise from females' high skill employment losses, becoming …

We assess the effects of a sharp minimum wage increase on wages, informality, and employment in Turkey, a large …, we find no negative employment effects. However, we show that the minimum wage increase may have caused an increase in … the share of informal employment among workers with less than tertiary education, especially for such workers working for …

increase employment and to reduce poverty and public assistance. We also find some evidence that higher welfare benefits had …

for 1990-2004 to examine how changes in the minimum wage affect teen employment. Spatial econometrics techniques account … for the fact that employment is correlated across states. Such correlation may exist if a change in the minimum wage in a … state affects employment not only in its own state but also in other, neighboring states. The authors show that state …

This paper examines the role of non-wage cost rigidities in slowing down employment creation by assessing the effect of … a policy aimed at fostering employment for women and young men introduced in Turkey in 2008. Exploiting a difference …-in-difference-in differences strategy, I assess the employment effect of the reduction in the employer contribution share of the social security …

for 1990-2004 to examine how changes in the minimum wage affect teen employment. Spatial econometrics techniques account … for the fact that employment is correlated across states. Such correlation may exist if a change in the minimum wage in a … state affects employment not only in its own state but also in other, neighboring states. The authors show that state …

provided by local national employment services, as well in training programs, especially in on-job training. In the last few … years there have appeared some indications that subsidized employment has high positive effects, however there is no general …

temporary employment programs. Such programs, however, may have helped to smooth consumption. Given the country's high level of …

Solo self-employment is on the rise despite less favorable working conditions compared to traditional jobs. We show … that the introduction of minimum wages in German industries led to an increase in the share of solo self-employment by up … employment) dominates the positive substitution effect (shift towards high-skilled workers). Such situations can occur during an …