We study the impact of local economic structure on employment dynamics. Local employment is decomposed into the product …

formal employment in Mexico. We use a detailed dataset containing loan-level information for all loans extended by commercial … demand shocks. Then, we use employment registry data to compare changes in the number of formal workers registered by small … large impact on formal employment: a positive credit shock of one standard deviation increases yearly employment growth by 0 …

In this paper we evaluate the forecasting performance of employment expectations for employment growth in 15 European … outperforms common benchmark models. It is therefore a powerful tool for generating more accurate employment forecasts. We observe … the best results for one quarter ahead predictions that are primarily the aim of the survey question. However, employment …

In this paper we evaluate the forecasting performance of employment expectations for employment growth in 15 European … outperforms common benchmark models. It is therefore a powerful tool for generating more accurate employment forecasts. We observe … the best results for one quarter ahead predictions that are primarily the aim of the survey question. However, employment …

changes in spatial concentration are consistent with observed wage adjustments. Wages increase in industries where employment … labor demand in distinct markets, as a set of dominant firms replaces employment by competitors. To identify relative labor … becomes more geographically concentrated within a set of local markets. In contrast, wages decline when rising sales and …

between agglomeration externalities (specialization, diversity, and competition), accessibilty measures and the employment … growth of a particular industry on a particular site. We use data on employment growth of site-industries on 68 formal …