This paper studies the macroeconomic effects and sequencing of (LMRs) and product (PMRs) market reforms in Morocco. It finds that introducing LMRs and PMRs simultaneously would add about 2.5 percentage points (pp) of GDP growth and reduce unemployment by about 2.2 pp after five years. If...

Network hiring — i.e. the preference for hiring workers who are referred by existing employees or have shared affiliations with them — is a prevalent practice across many industries. Considerable research shows that hiring within a firm's network provides soft information about potential...

In the UK by late 2014 there were almost 0.75m more self-employed than at the start of the financial crisis in early 2008. This represents over 75% of jobs growth in the UK over the same period. This experience has attracted commentary from independent policy analysts and others, focusing on...

Durch den Fachkräftemangel in den Bereichen Mathematik, Informatik, Naturwissenschaften und Technik (MINT) ist der deutschen Volkswirtschaft von Juli 2007 bis Juni 2008 ein Wertschöpfungsverlust in Höhe von 28,5 Milliarden Euro entstanden. Mittelfristig wird der Fachkräftemangel in den...