Income distribution may be related to fundamentals affecting economic growth and to labor market policies. Noting that inequality is affected by unemployment. This paper presents a model in which labor market policies affect unemployment which in turn affects inequality. The model also includes...

The GCC growth model has delivered substantial improvements in living standards over several decades. Access to foreign labor has supported rapid growth in the non-oil sector and price stability in the region. It has also resulted in positive spillovers to the migrant-sending countries through...

The characteristics of the Belgian labor market are examined using international comparisons in order to assess the government’s recent labor market initiatives. The labor market in Belgium is found to suffer from a number of structural problems compared to other industrial countries: the...

In designing policy measures, including possible social safety nets, targeted to the poor, it is important to fully understand the efficiency implications of these measures. There is abundant macroeconomic literature on their negative effects on the poor’s work effort. The literature, however,...

Labor markets around the world have become increasingly integrated over the last two decades, with the entry of China, India and the former Eastern bloc into the world trading system, the removal of restrictions on trade and capital flows, and rapid technological progress. At the same time, the...

Governments often intervene in labor markets with the aim of reducing inequality and promoting employment. Such intervention often results in wage compression and restrictions on how firms use their workers. This paper investigates the impact of such interventions on the labor market conditions...

Unemployment pressures among nationals are emerging in the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC). 2 At a time when a rapidly growing number of young nationals are entering the labor force and governments are no longer able to act as employers of first and last resort, the...

Der demografische Wandel wirkt sich in doppelter Weise auf den Bedarf an Pflegepersonal aus: Während die Zahl der pflegebedürftigen Personen steigt, sinkt das Erwerbspersonenpotenzial in der längeren Frist. Eine Möglichkeit, den absehbaren Fachkräftemangel in der Altenpflege zu reduzieren,...

Bereits zum 14. Mal fand am 18. und 19. September der diesjährige Workshop zur Arbeitsmarktpolitik am IWH in Halle (Saale) statt, der traditionell gemeinsam mit dem Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) organisiert wird. Mit dem Schwerpunkt „Industrielle Beziehungen:...