We assess how changes in youth cohort sizes effect employment rates in German labour market regions. Replicating the … conventional approach, we estimate that a percentage increase in the youth share reduces regional employment rates by −0.2%. We … pressure on urban regional employment rates as a result of the projected decrease in the size of the German youth share …

postwar reconstruction and mandatory employment on women's labor market outcomes. We combine a unique dataset on city …. Using difference-in-difference and instrumental-variable strategies, we find that postwar mandatory employment reduced …

This article investigates the effects of a large-scale public sector employment quota policy for disadvantaged … 1980s and 1990s. We find that, first, the employment quota policy significantly affects the occupational structure of both … disadvantaged minority populations. In response to the employment quotas, individuals belonging to the Scheduled Caste group are …

This paper analyses the difference in short-term employment recovery between young men and women in India, Peru and … and an increase in the gender employment gap. In line with the literature, we find evidence that the unequal distribution … the change in the employment gap in India. Contrary to the previous literature, however, we find little evidence that the …

, fertility and children's living circumstances during 1990-2014. On average, trade shocks differentially reduce employment and …

evolution over time of the employment rates of women and of the young, and of hours worked in OECD countries. Beyond controlling … do all this we find that culture still matters for women employment rates and for hours worked. However, policies and … appear to be important in explaining the employment rate of the young. In the case of women employment rates, the policy …