unemployment insurance: private and public provision of employment insurance are substitutes. …We investigate the determinants of firms' implicit insurance to employees, using a difference-indifference approach: we … rely on differences between family and non-family firms to identify the supply of insurance, and exploit variation in …

This paper documents and analyses the predominance of informal employment in Africa and shows that lack of demand for … potential to become competitive in light manufacturing, but the most promising avenue for export-led growth of employment in … investment and technology transfer in labour-intensive tradable industries, and thus raising labour demand and employment. …

unemployment insurance: private and public provision of employment insurance are substitutes. …We investigate the determinants of firms' implicit insurance to employees, using a difference-indifference approach: we … rely on differences between family and non-family firms to identify the supply of insurance, and exploit variation in …

, labor demand, and human capital. Topics discussed also include wage and employment determination, turnover, search …

We investigate the determinants of firms’ implicit employment and wage insurance to employees against industry … program, indicating that firm and government employment insurance are substitutes. The cross-country evidence is broadly …-level and idiosyncratic shocks. We rely on differences between family and non-family firms to identify the supply of insurance …

This testimony describes the results of a study of the Employment Service (ES) conducted by Dr. Jacobson and Prof …

This testimony describes the results of a study of the Employment Service (ES) conducted by Dr. Jacobson and Prof …