assume perfect labor markets and therefore ignore the effects of aggregate employment changes for welfare. We develop a … labor market reforms for 28 OECD countries. Welfare effects of trade agreements are magnified when accounting for employment … changes. While employment and welfare increase in most countries, some experience higher unemployment and lower welfare. Labor …

What are the welfare and employment consequences of preferential trade agreements (PTAs) for developing and emerging … employment and hence abstract from (net) employment effects. This paper presents a quantitative framework to study the welfare … and employment effects of PTAs taking into account the key feature of labor markets in emerging economies: A large share …

workers' entry wages are of similar magnitude as those predicted under monopsonistic wage setting, suggesting that monopsony … power should not be neglected when analysing wage cyclicality. …

employment in food retailing. Using data on the universe of German shops, we find that relaxing restrictions on business hours … increased employment by 0.4 workers per shop corresponding to an aggregate employment effect of 3 to 4 per cent. The effect was … driven by an increase in part-time employment while full-time employment was not affected. The statistical significance of …

theoretical and empirical literature we find that the employment status networks members matters for the job finding rate. We …

Job polarization is a widely documented phenomenon in developed countries since the 1980s: employment has been shifting … from middle to low- and high-income workers, while average wage growth has been slower for middle-income workers than at …