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 …

We examine how highway accessibility influences local employment outcomes. We exploit the stagewise expansion of the …-indifferences estimations and an event study approach show that highway access influences local employment outcomes in peripheral municipalities … within 10 km road distance. Improved accessibility decreases employment by 9%. These effects are driven by reduced commuter …

as well as fertility behavior. Our main results are: Women (i) tend to postpone first birth due to fixed-term employment …

This paper deals with the effects to labour market institutions on labour market performance. We analyse the employment … threshold (the minimum growth rate necessary to keep employment constant) which is an indicator for the labour intensity of … production. We show for 17 OECD countries for the period 1971 to 2002 that the strictness of employment protection, the extent of …

for the next months. This paper analyzes whether qualitative questions about employment expectations are useful to assess … actual employment changes. In Germany the Ifo Institute is specialized on business surveys. The German Ifo data are … survey based indicator which helps to differentiate between an increase and an decrease in employment. All three methods …