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Flexibility vs. rigidity : does Spain have the worst of both worlds?

Saint-Paul, Gilles (contributor) - 2000

In this paper we study the structure of labor market flows in Spain and compare them with France and the US. We characterize a number of empirical regularities and stylized facts. One striking result is that the job finding rate is slightly higher than in France, while the job loss rate is much...

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Employment dynamics and the structure of labor adjustment costs

Varejão, José M. (contributor); … - 2006

In this paper we document the patterns of employment adjustment at the micro-level. We find clear evidence of lumpy adjustment consistent with the presence of non-convexities in the adjustment technology - inaction is pervasive, action spells are short-lived, extreme adjustment episodes occur...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003253460

The flow approach to labor markets : new data sources, micro-macro links and the recent downturn

Davis, Steven J. (contributor); … - 2005

quarter. Worker flows in the form of hires and separations are more than twice as large. The data also underscore the lumpy … severe downturns reflect distinct micro relations for hires and layoffs. -- hires ; separations ; job creation ; job …

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CEO Education, CEO Turnover, and Firm Performance

Bhagat, Sanjai - 2010

This paper analyzes the relationship between CEO education, CEO turnover and firm performance. Our primary interest is on the role that CEO education plays in a firm's decision to replace its current CEO, the role that it plays in selecting a new CEO, and on whether CEO education significantly...

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Job and Worker Turnover in German Establishments

Bellmann, Lutz - 2011

We use a simple regression-based approach to measure the relationship between employment growth, hirings and … separations in a large panel of German establishments over the period 1993-2009. Although the average level of hiring and …

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Cyclicality of Job and Worker Flows : New Data and a New Set of Stylized Facts

Bachmann, Rüdiger - 2014

We study the relationship between cyclical job and worker flows at the plant level using a new data set spanning from 1976-2006. We find that procyclical labor demand explains relatively little of procyclical worker flows. Instead, all plants in the employment growth distribution increase their...

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Trade Adjustment : Worker Level Evidence

Autor, David H. - 2013

In the past two decades, China's manufacturing exports have grown spectacularly, U.S. imports from China have surged, but U.S. exports to China have increased only modestly. Using representative, longitudinal data on individual earnings by employer, we analyze the effect of exposure to import...

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Excess Worker Turnover and Fixed-Term Contracts : Causal Evidence in a Two-Tier System

Centeno, Mário - 2012

Portuguese firms engage in intense reallocation, most employers simultaneously hire and separate from workers, resulting in high excess worker turnover flows. These flows are constrained by the employment protection gap between open-ended and fixed-term contracts. We explore a reform that...

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Excess Turnover and Employment Growth : Firm and Match Heterogeneity

Centeno, Mário - 2009

turnover rates. In small firms, hires and separations move symmetrically during expansion and contraction periods, on the … contrary, large firms adjust their employment levels by reducing entry and not by increasing separations. Most hires and … separations are on fixed-term contracts and shrinking firms replace a larger share of their separations under fixed-term contracts …

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Working Time Accounts and Turnover

Launov, Andrey - 2017

Working time account is an organization tool that allows firms smoothing their demand for hours employed. Descriptive literature suggests that working time accounts reduce turnover and inhibit increase in unemployment during recessions. In a model of optimal choice of hours by a firm I show that...

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