We use an unusually rich Canadian survey to examine how post-job-loss behaviour and outcomes vary with age of the job loser. We find that older job losers experience greater post-displacement joblessness, and are less likely to return quickly to satisfactory employment. We show that this...

An individual goes through two major dependency periods in life in youth and in old age. This paper focuses on financial freedom in the active period of economic life. This objective is important for many reasons. One feels a sense of freedom when basic needs get incrementally satisfied with...

The paper studies the effects of changes in the age structure on aggregate labour market performance using a panel of Swedish local labour markets. The methodology of Shimer (2001) is used for studying the effects of youth cohort size and is extended to include the full age distribution. The...

Das Diskussionspapier thematisiert die objektive und subjektive Lebenslage von Arbeitslosen in Deutschland im Vergleich zur Gesamtbevölkerung. Die Ergebnisse indizieren eine deutlich schlechtere materielle, d. h. objektive Lebenslage der Arbeitslosen. Dies reflektiert sich in den auf...

Using individual level data from Turkstat Household Labor Force Survey for 2005-2009 period, we analyze whether there is a wage gap between formal and informal workers with comparable observable characteristics, where the formality of employment is defined with respect to individuals registry...

Employer-provided health insurance in the United States is suspected of restricting job mobility, resulting in "job lock." Previous research on job lock finds mixed results using several methodologies. We take a new approach to examine whether employer-based health insurance discourages job...