The labour market in Russia is very flexible. Firms adjust to economic shocks through wage cuts, working hour reductions and minimisation of non-wage labour costs. Workers react by changing jobs. This results in a high and stable overall employment rate, but also high wage inequality,...

This paper explores the relationship between skill mismatch and public policies using micro data for 22 OECD countries from the recent OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC). Results suggest that differences in skill mismatch across countries are related to differences in public policies. After...

"Im Rahmen dieser Studie werden Ausbildungspendler untersucht, d. h. die durch die Aufnahme einer betrieblichen Ausbildung motivierte Mobilität von Jugendlichen. Mit Hilfe verschiedener Indikatoren, die aus Daten der Statistik der sozialversicherungspflichtig Beschäftigten der Bundesagentur...

The EU Single Market remains far from completed: progress in goods and services market integration has stalled, financial markets are still fragmented along national lines and the barriers to labour mobility remain high. Restrictive regulation within countries and regulatory heterogeneity across...

Canada’s productivity performance has lagged that of many other OECD countries, despite some improvement in recent years. One measure to enhance overall efficiency would be to strengthen competition on the domestic market to drive future multi-factor productivity improvements. The potential...

This paper presents quantitative information on labour market flows for 25 OECD countries. It uses household surveys that offer the advantage of reporting monthly transitions between employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for individuals. Between 2005 and 2012, the annual probability...

This paper provides comprehensive cross-country evidence on the relationship between earnings inequality and intra-generational mobility by simulating individual earnings and employment trajectories in the long-term using short panel data for 24 OECD countries. On average across countries, about...

Regionale Unterschiede in der demographischen Entwicklung beeinflussen die Wachstumsperspektiven und Arbeitsmarktbedingungen der Regionen in Deutschland erheblich. Hinter diesen demographischen Disparitäten stehen in erster Linie Wanderungsströme. Für eine Einschätzung der wirtschaftlichen...

This Working Paper studies ways to stimulate the private rental sector (PRS) of the housing market – and compares experiences with policies and reforms in Germany, the Netherlands, Finland and the Czech Republic. Although in many countries the PRS has decreased in importance since the Second...