Research aimed at explaining the greater persistence of unemployment in European countries relative to the US has found higher employment adjustment costs in Europe to be a significant contributing factor. This paper explores the potential for costly adjustment of labour to explain at least some...

This paper examines determinants of the proportion of females in the establishment as this variable can affect the male-female wage gap in an important way. Our search for the determinants is guided by two views of the labour market, namely discrimination and coincidence of needs between firms...