. One of the main concerns is the negative effects of growing import competition on employment. This paper focuses on … manufacturing sector employment because of its high trade exposure and potential for wider spillovers. It finds that while trade … appears to have only a minor association with manufacturing employment shares at the national level compared with technology …

Employment fosters equity and economic inclusiveness because those out of work face the highest risk of poverty, and it … lower hurdles to employment, which are high for the low-skilled. Policies to speed up tertiary graduation, improve work … incentives and activation of the unemployed and postpone labour market exit are necessary to bring the employment rate closer to …

Job creation has lowered unemployment, but the Belgian labour market still faces many challenges. Employment rates … some aspects of employment protection legislation, such as those related to collective dismissals, and the wage formation …

outcome variables – labour productivity, employment and wages. In a second step, an illustrative set of changes in trading … relationships generate sectoral export shocks, which are simulated with the OECD METRO model of trade and subsequently fed into … on sectoral employment, except for car and truck manufacturing, consistent with a high integration of the sector with …

setting institutions are found to be robust policy determinants of the aggregate employment and unemployment rates. Looking … beyond the overall employment impact, outcomes for vulnerable groups such as the low educated, the youth and the elderly tend … competition-friendly product market regulations are also found to impact aggregate employment rates positively and significantly …

-time and other flexible forms of employment, reform family policies, ease the integration of people with disability into the …

nation’s potential output. Boosting employment prospects is also critical, as the country will soon be ageing at a fast pace …. Despite long working hours, labour utilisation is only average due to structurally low employment rates, particularly at both … ends of the age spectrum, with some marked regional differences. The female employment rate is especially low, in part due …

depend on ensuring the best use of Slovenian workers. This implies keeping older and experience workers longer in employment …