This paper focuses on the relation between the onset of disability and employment outcomes. We develop an event history … observed disability rates result from gradual deteriorations in health. We find no direct effect of health shocks on employment … the employment rate at age 40 with around 21 percentage points. Our results show that early childhood conditions are …

The impact of minimum wages on employment has always been a field of conflicts among economists and this divergence of … minimum wages and employment remains. This result contradicts the neoclassical theory and gives a Keynesian perspective which … suggests that changes in minimum wages are not related with positive or negative employment effects. In their analysis, the …

Employment in Vietnam and elsewhere in Asia has grown more slowly than GDP over the last several decades. This means … the Vietnamese development experience. We find that while some of the difference between GDP and employment growth can be …

We investigate the reaction of couples to a job loss during periods of growth and recession in the UK focussing on re-employment … of the spouse who lost their job. Re-employment was faster for those with a partner in work, but was not generally …