The presented article deals with labour market institutions and labour market performance in the European Union. The first chapter is devoted to theoretical and methodological background of labour market performance. Theoretical literature has created a set of institutional aspects such as...

Health has a significant impact on labor market outcomes, and thus on criminal decisions. We document that health positively affects an individual's wage and employment probability but has a negative effect on criminal activities. To study the economic mechanism behind these findings, we build...

Korean Abstract: 우리 경제가 성장하면서 경제활동인구가 늘고 고용률이 높아지는 등 고 용이 양적으로 꾸준히 성장하였다. 그러나 생산가능인구(15~64세)가 2017 년부터 감소하기 시작하였고 여성 및 청년층의 고용은 부진한...

In this paper I assess the responsiveness of Italian wage rates to labor market conditions and show that the specific wage measure considered has important consequences for the results. The cyclical response of wages measured by National Accounts is dampened by a number of measurement issues; on...

This paper provides evidence of the impact of COVID-19 on employment in Chile. During the last two quarters, the pandemic destroyed two million jobs, almost one third of the labor force. To formulate economic policies we must understand why some sectors, occupations, and demographic groups are...

This survey focuses on experimental labor markets investigating two aspects that deem us important for a better understanding of labor market relations and the consequences for labor market policies. The first part of the survey is dedicated to papers that assess the prevalence of reciprocal...

The consequences of COVID-19 pandemic had numerous social, political, and economic consequences. However, many studies suggest the labor market is the most affected area compared to the others. This is because some of the workers were forced to quit due to the presence of the pandemic at their...

Uruguay enjoys favorable social outcomes, and its labor indicators are comparable to other Latin American countries, but its youth unemployment is one of the highest in the world. To help understand this duality, we employ synthetic panels from repeated household surveys for LA6 countries from...

The global downturn is now strongly affecting EU labour markets. In light of the downward revision to the growth projections and the uncertainty created by the financial meltdown, the outlook for employment has deteriorated considerably. This would also be consistent with the experience from...

This survey focuses on experimental labor markets investigating two aspects that deem us important for a better understanding of labor market relations and the consequences for labor market policies. The first part of the survey is dedicated to papers that assess the prevalence of reciprocal...