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The US labour market after the COVID-19 recession
Gómez Salvador, Ramón; Soudan, Michel - 2022
The US economy has endured an exceptionally severe recession caused by the measures put in place to contain the spread of COVID-19. This occasional paper assesses the impact of this crisis on key labour market variables, such as (un-) employment, wages and productivity, and highlights the...
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Age effects in Swedish local labour markets
Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2002
The paper studies the effects of changes in the age structure on aggregate labour market performance using a panel of Swedish local labour markets. The methodology of Shimer (2001) is used for studying the effects of youth cohort size and is extended to include the full age distribution. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011575197
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Age effects in Swedish local labour markets
Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2002
The paper studies the effects of changes in the age structure on aggregate labour market performance using a panel of Swedish local labour markets. The methodology of Shimer (2001) is used for studying the effects of youth cohort size and is extended to include the full age distribution. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321102
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The dynamics of job creation and destruction for university graduates : why a rising unemployment rate can be misleading
Cardoso, Ana Rute; Ferreira, Priscila - 2002
This study uses a matched employer-employee data set on the Portuguese economy to analyze systematic information on job creation and job destruction for university graduates, compared to other groups of workers. We find that the unemployment rate can provide a misleading idea of the dynamics in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414508
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Evaluating the Role of Labor Market Mismatch in Rising Unemployment
Barlevy, Gadi - 2011
unemployment. Using a matching function approach, the author finds that such a shock implies an unemployment rate of no more than 7 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118496
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Dynamic Beveridge Curve Accounting
Ahn, Hie Joo - 2020
unemployment. Using a standard model, we show that three factors can shift the Beveridge curve: reduced-form matching efficiency … pre-2010 period to the post-2010 period, a fall in matching efficiency and out-of-steady-state dynamics both pushed the … shift in vacancies given unemployment. In previous recessions changes in matching efficiency were relatively unimportant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012834050
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Immigration and Crime in a Frictional Labor Market
Zhang, Shiyun - 2019
This paper studies the relationship between immigration and crime in a frictional labor market. Immigration strengthens the labor market in the host country by reducing firms' labor costs. With more immigrants in this labor market, unemployed workers find a job faster, but employed workers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012891246
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Shifting the Beveridge Curve : What Affects Labor Market Matching?
Bova, Elva - 2016
This paper explores conditions and policies that could affect the matching between labor demand and supply. We identify … findings also show that the matching process is more difficult the higher the share of employees with intermediate levels of … matching include active labor market policies, such as incentives for start-up and job sharing programs. Passive labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012977727
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Trade Liberalization and Aggregate Matching Function in India
Lee, Woong - 2014
This article investigates the link between trade liberalization and the job matching process in India. The aggregate … matching function in India is estimated by incorporating the trade openness as a proxy for trade liberalization. The monthly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013047451
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The Dynamics of Job Creation and Destruction for University Graduates : Why a Rising Unemployment Rate Can Be Misleading
Cardoso, Ana Rute; Ferreira, Priscila - 2021
This study uses a matched employer-employee data set on the Portuguese economy to analyze systematic information on job creation and job destruction for university graduates, compared to other groups of workers. We find that the unemployment rate can provide a misleading idea of the dynamics in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320218