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... dispersion are more pronounced in periods with low aggregate pro…tability. Moreover, the explanatory power of the model increases signi…cantly when we add the interaction term. To strengthen our main …ndings, we identify a setting where the migration of employees and capital is more di¢ cult, and t ...
... dispersion are more pronounced in periods with low aggregate pro…tability. Moreover, the explanatory power of the model increases signi…cantly when we add the interaction term. To strengthen our main …ndings, we identify a setting where the migration of employees and capital is more di¢ cult, and t ...
Youth Entrepreneurship in Europe: Values, Attitudes, Policies
... On 2 May 2012, Italian newspapers celebrated a new milestone in the history of Italian start‑ups (Corriere della Sera, 2012). Glancee, a hi‑tech company founded by two Italians and one Canadian just a year and a half earlier and the owner of a social location smartphone application, was acquired by ...
... On 2 May 2012, Italian newspapers celebrated a new milestone in the history of Italian start‑ups (Corriere della Sera, 2012). Glancee, a hi‑tech company founded by two Italians and one Canadian just a year and a half earlier and the owner of a social location smartphone application, was acquired by ...
THE ECONOMICS OF POST-COMMUNIST TRANSITION
... Transition in Central and Eastern Europe has led to a Ushaped response of output, that is, a sharp decline in output followed by recovery. Six years after the beginning of transition, most of the countries of Central Europe now seem firmly on the upside. Most of the countries of Eastern Europe are s ...
... Transition in Central and Eastern Europe has led to a Ushaped response of output, that is, a sharp decline in output followed by recovery. Six years after the beginning of transition, most of the countries of Central Europe now seem firmly on the upside. Most of the countries of Eastern Europe are s ...
Unemployment (Fears) and Deflationary Spirals
... the benchmark value of 50% of the prevailing wage rate to 55% and document that this increase in insurance improves the welfare of all agents, provided that the policy switch occurs in a recession. This is true even if wage rates adjust upwards to take into account the strengthened bargaining positi ...
... the benchmark value of 50% of the prevailing wage rate to 55% and document that this increase in insurance improves the welfare of all agents, provided that the policy switch occurs in a recession. This is true even if wage rates adjust upwards to take into account the strengthened bargaining positi ...
Opaque Financial Reporting due to Unemployment Concerns
... require firms to provide a wage premium (“compensating wage differential”) for this risk exposure. The outcome is an increase in compensation expenses of the firm (Abowd and Ashenfelter, 1981; Li, 1986). This compensating wage differential is not trivial. For example, Agrawal and Matsa (2013) conse ...
... require firms to provide a wage premium (“compensating wage differential”) for this risk exposure. The outcome is an increase in compensation expenses of the firm (Abowd and Ashenfelter, 1981; Li, 1986). This compensating wage differential is not trivial. For example, Agrawal and Matsa (2013) conse ...
Getting Back to Full Employment - Center for Economic and Policy
... ones who do not have the skill or ability to work (the structurally unemployed) and those who are between jobs (the frictionally unemployed). It is reasonable to argue that we were approaching this level in 2000. When demand in the economy can no longer create more employment, where does the pressur ...
... ones who do not have the skill or ability to work (the structurally unemployed) and those who are between jobs (the frictionally unemployed). It is reasonable to argue that we were approaching this level in 2000. When demand in the economy can no longer create more employment, where does the pressur ...
The Phillips Curve and the Role of the Monetary Policy: A
... increase the natural rate of unemployment by discouraging investment, for example investment in the retention of workers (high interest rate reduces the probability of paying higher wages) or investment that could increase the productivity of the rm's workforce. Second, equilibrium employment will ...
... increase the natural rate of unemployment by discouraging investment, for example investment in the retention of workers (high interest rate reduces the probability of paying higher wages) or investment that could increase the productivity of the rm's workforce. Second, equilibrium employment will ...
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... should start immediately upon entry into unemployment. For the third group, if individuals lose their jobs because of sickness or ill-health, it is vital to mobilise support before they enter long-term disability. This plainly involves medical support, a focus on the sort of work which the individua ...
... should start immediately upon entry into unemployment. For the third group, if individuals lose their jobs because of sickness or ill-health, it is vital to mobilise support before they enter long-term disability. This plainly involves medical support, a focus on the sort of work which the individua ...
New Evidence on Cyclical and Structural Sources of Unemployment
... labor demand across sectors, whereas others may be characterized by shifts in the composition of labor demand. While beneficial in the long run, the reallocation of labor in response to sectoral shifts imposes short-run costs in the form of increases in unemployment. The greater the divergence in th ...
... labor demand across sectors, whereas others may be characterized by shifts in the composition of labor demand. While beneficial in the long run, the reallocation of labor in response to sectoral shifts imposes short-run costs in the form of increases in unemployment. The greater the divergence in th ...
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... record on unemployment has until recently been rather bad, while that on productivity has been relatively good. The unemployment rate, which peaked at 11.8% in 1985, has reached levels second only to those experienced during the Great Depression. Almost all of this increase in unemployment is due to ...
... record on unemployment has until recently been rather bad, while that on productivity has been relatively good. The unemployment rate, which peaked at 11.8% in 1985, has reached levels second only to those experienced during the Great Depression. Almost all of this increase in unemployment is due to ...
2. Aims of the thesis
... rewards are more tangible benefits, such as income and security; if you hate your job but love your paycheck, you are experiencing extrinsic rewards. Work would be most satisfying if it provided high levels of both intrinsic and extrinsic rewards. (Mortimer, 1979) There is, however, a great deal of ...
... rewards are more tangible benefits, such as income and security; if you hate your job but love your paycheck, you are experiencing extrinsic rewards. Work would be most satisfying if it provided high levels of both intrinsic and extrinsic rewards. (Mortimer, 1979) There is, however, a great deal of ...
M12_ABEL4987_7E_IM_C12
... 3. Changes in the level of money supply have no long-run real effects; changes in the growth rate of money supply have no long-run real effects, either 4. Even though expansionary policy may reduce unemployment only temporarily, policymakers may want to do so if, for example, timing economic booms r ...
... 3. Changes in the level of money supply have no long-run real effects; changes in the growth rate of money supply have no long-run real effects, either 4. Even though expansionary policy may reduce unemployment only temporarily, policymakers may want to do so if, for example, timing economic booms r ...
Labor unemployment costs and venture capital investment
... We collect information on the maximum amount of benefits and the maximum duration during which a worker might receive unemployment benefits from the U.S. Department of Labor. The department publishes each year in January and July a report on significant provisions of state unemployment insurance law ...
... We collect information on the maximum amount of benefits and the maximum duration during which a worker might receive unemployment benefits from the U.S. Department of Labor. The department publishes each year in January and July a report on significant provisions of state unemployment insurance law ...
CHAPTER 8 THE ANATOMY OF INFLATION AND
... contribute to a higher natural unemployment rate is known as unemployment hysteresis, and there are two possible explanations for it. The first is that workers who are unemployed may get accustomed to not being in the work force (while maybe taking on odd jobs even as they receive unemployment bene ...
... contribute to a higher natural unemployment rate is known as unemployment hysteresis, and there are two possible explanations for it. The first is that workers who are unemployed may get accustomed to not being in the work force (while maybe taking on odd jobs even as they receive unemployment bene ...
TERMS OF REFERENCE
... aiming at establishing a regional resource center and knowledge hub to ensure that comprehensive youth policies and sexual and reproductive health services and education, that are in line with international standards, are expanded across the region, with specific focus on addressing the needs of vul ...
... aiming at establishing a regional resource center and knowledge hub to ensure that comprehensive youth policies and sexual and reproductive health services and education, that are in line with international standards, are expanded across the region, with specific focus on addressing the needs of vul ...
The Unemployment Gender Gap
... Women fared decidedly better than men during the most recent recession. By August 2009, the unemployment rate for men had hit 11.0 percent, while that for women held at 8.3 percent. This 2.7 percentage point unemployment gender gap—the largest in the postwar era—appears to reflect two factors: First ...
... Women fared decidedly better than men during the most recent recession. By August 2009, the unemployment rate for men had hit 11.0 percent, while that for women held at 8.3 percent. This 2.7 percentage point unemployment gender gap—the largest in the postwar era—appears to reflect two factors: First ...
creating decent jobs for cameroon`s fast growing youthful population
... youth unemployment as: • the mismatch of training and employment; • discrimination in the labor market; • weak capacity for startups; • Inaccessible and non-affordable key production inputs, particularly, land, credit and information on innovations. • The NYP admits that fewer youths are able to sec ...
... youth unemployment as: • the mismatch of training and employment; • discrimination in the labor market; • weak capacity for startups; • Inaccessible and non-affordable key production inputs, particularly, land, credit and information on innovations. • The NYP admits that fewer youths are able to sec ...
The Influencing Factors on Unemployment Level
... Card, D. and Krueger, B. (1994) looked at the effects on fast-food restaurants in New Jersey and Pennsylvania of raising the minimum wage in 1992. In their study, they found out that raising of minimal wage has no effect or an unimportant positive one on employment. On the other hand,Neumark and Was ...
... Card, D. and Krueger, B. (1994) looked at the effects on fast-food restaurants in New Jersey and Pennsylvania of raising the minimum wage in 1992. In their study, they found out that raising of minimal wage has no effect or an unimportant positive one on employment. On the other hand,Neumark and Was ...
The Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Youth
... (local and national) to develop policy agendas that support the needs of LGBTQ youth in areas such as: LGBTQ hate crime violence & school bullying, homelessness, health access, sex education, rights of minors, etc. ...
... (local and national) to develop policy agendas that support the needs of LGBTQ youth in areas such as: LGBTQ hate crime violence & school bullying, homelessness, health access, sex education, rights of minors, etc. ...
Smooth and Sticky Adjustment: a by
... experience 785 spells of non-employment between 1991 and 1996. For the US there are 1,345 individuals who experience 2,340 spells of non-employment between 1988 and 1993. Looking at the first row of Table 1, the average duration of unemployment is shortest for those spells ending in a return to the ...
... experience 785 spells of non-employment between 1991 and 1996. For the US there are 1,345 individuals who experience 2,340 spells of non-employment between 1988 and 1993. Looking at the first row of Table 1, the average duration of unemployment is shortest for those spells ending in a return to the ...
Future Directions of the Irish Economy Roundtable: Policy challenges for the Irish economy
... Youth and Long-Term Unemployment rate (percentage of labour force, partly sa, quarterly) ...
... Youth and Long-Term Unemployment rate (percentage of labour force, partly sa, quarterly) ...
Unemployed
... Firms want to get the best performance they can out of their workers. Sometimes monitoring workers is difficult or costly; an alternative is to pay them a relatively high wage, making them motivated to perform well in order to keep their job. ...
... Firms want to get the best performance they can out of their workers. Sometimes monitoring workers is difficult or costly; an alternative is to pay them a relatively high wage, making them motivated to perform well in order to keep their job. ...
Towards the Upturn of Residential Mortgage Markets: Which
... Even in the period 1998-2007 we found that the relationships between some macroeconomic variables and the mortgage market trends were anomalous in that the sign was different compared to what would be expected: › GDP and population in Germany; › Population in France; › Unemployment rate and disposab ...
... Even in the period 1998-2007 we found that the relationships between some macroeconomic variables and the mortgage market trends were anomalous in that the sign was different compared to what would be expected: › GDP and population in Germany; › Population in France; › Unemployment rate and disposab ...
Inflation, Current Account Deficits and Unemployment
... The recent recession, of course, pulled down Australia’s average growth rate (as did recessions in other developed economies). Our last recession has been described as the worst recession in 60 years. In fact, it was broadly comparable in severity with the early 1980s recession.The fall in GDP (excl ...
... The recent recession, of course, pulled down Australia’s average growth rate (as did recessions in other developed economies). Our last recession has been described as the worst recession in 60 years. In fact, it was broadly comparable in severity with the early 1980s recession.The fall in GDP (excl ...