Nickell and Layard (1999) conclude that "[t]here appear to be no differential tax effects on unemployment but there is evidence that overall labor tax rates do influence labor costs in the long run and hence raise unemployment." This paper asks whether this conclusion still holds, by approaching...

This work boasts a double objective: not only does it attempt to offer a complete panorama of the matching process in Andalusian public employment agencies (Servicio Andaluz de Empleo, SAE) for both sides of the job market, based on duration analysis, but also to assess the degree to which the...

This paper presents a dynamic Overlapping Generations Computable General Equilibrium (OLG-CGE) model of Scotland. The model is used to examine the impact of population ageing on the labour market. More specifically, it is used to evaluate the effects of labour force decline and labour force...

This paper quantifies the effects of introducing a single open-ended contract for new hires, with increasing severance payments as an alternative to the current situation in Spain, where both temporary and permanent contracts are available. One of the reasons for the excessive job destruction in...

We investigate the changes in women's employment patterns across EU countries over the last 20 years both in terms of labour market participation and type of jobs using individual data from ECHP and EUSILC databases. By means of a logistic multilevel model, we then pin down the role played by...

Success, which is mostly seen as an internal talent within a child, is indeed also influenced by many external factors including the behaviour of their parents during their childhood. Though father is an important figure, the role of the mother in child’s development is indisputable. Perhaps,...

CGE models usually assume extremes of factor mobility: factors either move between industries without cost or they do not move at all. With the assumption of mobile factors, simulations lead to reallocation of factors among different sectors of the economy which often vary strongly in factor...

Developed countries are investing a considerable amount of financial resources on active labour market programs such as training schemes, employment subsidies and public sector job creation, aiming to tackle the problem of persisting unemployment. Along with their rising efforts in this field,...

This paper presents a unified parametric approach to estimate the impact of taxes and transfers on the participation decision. We extend existing structural form methodologies by considering the effect of both taxes and transfers. In our framework, participation probabilities are determined by...

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