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The Quality of Industrial Relations and Labour Market Performance
Feldmann, Horst - 2007
relations affects unemployment and employment rates. To measure the quality of industrial relations, we use the results of …, as well as endogeneity, we find that cooperative industrial relations are likely to lower unemployment and to increase …
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Labor market institutions and long-term effects of youth unemployment
Kawaguchi, Daiji; Murao, Tetsushi - 2014
worker who experiences a one-percentage-point higher unemployment rate while the worker is 16-24 years old has a 0 ….14 percentage-point higher unemployment rate at ages 25-29 and 0.03 percentage points higher at ages 30-34. The persistence of this …
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Cross country differences in job reallocation : the role of industry, firm size and regulations
Haltiwanger, John C.; Scarpetta, Stefano; Schweiger, Helena - 2010
Somewhat surprisingly, cross-country empirical evidence (at least in the cross section) does not seem to support the predictions of standard models that economies with stricter regulations on hiring and firing should have a lower pace of job reallocation. One problem in exploring these issues...
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Twenty-First Century Employers
Hirsch, Jeffrey M. - 2020
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Job Insecurity Isn't Always Efficient
Balan, David J.; Hanner, Dan - 2010
Workers value job security. If at least some workers value it enough, then it is efficient for at least some firms to adopt policies in which they commit (implicitly or explicitly) not to dismiss employees except for “just-cause,” as opposed to policies in which employers are free to dismiss...
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Addressing Labour Market Duality in Korea
Grubb, David - 2007
The Korean labor market has created many jobs over the past several decades, accompanying rapid economic growth. More recently, this favorable job performance has gone hand-in-hand with a rapid increase of temporary employment and other flexible or atypical work arrangements (usually called...
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Have Labour Market Reforms at the Turn of the Millennium Changed Job Durations of the New Entrants? A Comparative Study for Germany and Italy
Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - 2009
According to the aims of the labour market reforms of the 90s implemented in many European countries, workers may stay at their first job for a shorter time, but should be able to switch jobs easily. This would generate a trade-off between job opportunities and job stability. This paper...
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Labor Market Institutions and Long-Term Effects of Youth Unemployment
Kawaguchi, Daiji - 2014
worker who experiences a one-percentage-point higher unemployment rate while the worker is 16-24 years old has a 0 ….14 percentage-point higher unemployment rate at ages 25-29 and 0.03 percentage points higher at ages 30-34. The persistence of this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013054575
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Does Job Security Hamper Employment Prospects?
Bjuggren, Carl Magnus; Skedinger, Per - 2021
unemployment and active labor market programs (ALMPs), utilizing a reform that decreased dismissal costs for small firms only … unemployment and some ALMPs. Our results suggest that there was less screening of new hires after the reform, and that … liberalization of EPL mitigates the stigma associated with unemployment and participation in ALMPs …
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Great expectations : law, employment contracts, and labor market performance
MacLeod, William Bentley - 2010
This chapter reviews the literature on employment and labor law. The goal of the review is to understand why every jurisdiction in the world has extensive employment law, particularly employment protection law, while most economic analysis of the law suggests that less employment protection...
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