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age pattern affects wages and (un)employment. We develop a general equilibrium model where wages for young and old workers … relative number of older workers for a given labor force size has no effect on young and old unemployment. If, however, unions … attach a higher weight to the wishes of the old, the unemployment rate of the old (young) will increase (decrease). In this …
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age pattern affects wages and (un)employment. We develop a general equilibrium model where wages for young and old workers … relative number of older workers for a given labor force size has no effect on young and old unemployment. If, however, unions … attach a higher weight to the wishes of the old, the unemployment rate of the old (young) will increase (decrease). In this …
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share of long-term unemployment. The rise in unemployment and its persistently high level have been blamed, both in Italy … of unemployment. An additional dimension of "segmentation" also characterizes the Italian labour market, notably the 30 … percent's unemployment rate in the South (6 percent in the North) and the presence of a large share of the labour force …
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A striking feature of the past few decades has been the development of wage-determination models that assume that labour markets are imperfectly competitive. This paper discusses two such models (trade unions and oligopsony), although there are many more. It also asks if imperfectly competitive...
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After steady employment growth since the 1990s, Spain has experienced the sharpest increase in unemployment among OECD … permanent contracts has resulted in a rigid dual market with adverse effects on unemployment and productivity. The collective … explaining very high unemployment among young workers. Better access of young people to training is an effective tool to keep …
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The authors develop a general model of local-level bargaining in the multi-plant firm. According to this model, when the parent firm has the ability to allocate produc­tion differentially across plants, the local union may be motivated to work with local management to reduce production costs...
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In this paper we present and analyze the IMF's labor market recommendations for advanced economies since the beginning of the crisis, both in general and specifically in program countries. Our analysis is informed by our reading of the theoretical and empirical literature on the design of labor...
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In this paper we present and analyze the IMF’s labor market recommendations for advanced economies since the beginning of the crisis, both in general and specifically in program countries. Our analysis is informed by our reading of the theoretical and empirical literature on the design of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010242774