This paper is the first to use program administrative data from Brazil's National Employment System (SINE) to assess …

destruction in Brazil. Firm age is a more important determinant of job creation in Brazil than firm size; young firms and start … firms create relatively more stable jobs in Brazil. …

This paper is the first to use program administrative data from Brazil's National Employment System (SINE) to assess …

America, Oceania, and East Asia. This has led to low labor force participation and high unemployment, especially among young … unnecessary evil. Restructuring unemployment and pension benefits will help to increase participation and reverse the decline of …

historically focussed on reducing unemployment (the tip of the iceberg), the group of inactive people (below the waterline) is much … larger. Therefore, we point to the clear limitations of the unemployment rate as the (single) key macro-economic indicator of … the health of the labour market. A parsimonious dashboard approach utilising the unemployment-to-population ratio and the …