This paper deals with the effects of labour market institutions on labour market performance. We analyse as an indicator for the labour intensity of output growth the employment threshold (the minimum growth rate of output necessary to keep employment constant). We show for a sample of 17 OECD...

The concept of the "employment threshold" plays an important role in the public of unemployment. The employment threshold is defined as that growth rate of output which is necessary to keep employment constant despite the continuous rise in labor productivity. It is related to the Okun...

Arbeitsmarktinstitutionen sind eine wichtige Determinante für die Leistungen der Arbeitsmärkte und für die Erklärung der international unterschiedlichen Entwicklung der Arbeitslosenquoten. Das ifo Institut untersuchte, gemeinsam mit Prof. Dr. Horst Rottmann, Fachhochschule Amberg-Weiden, die...