[spa] Negociaciones salariales y segmentación del mercado de trabajo, . por Pierre Cahuc, Patrick Sevestre, Hélène Zajdela.. . El presente artículo propone un modelo de negociaciones salariales capaz de explicar la segmentación del mercado de trabajo. Mediante la teoría de los juegos...

[spa] ¿La expansión del sector moderno contribuye a disminuir el desempleo en los paises en vías de desarrollo? . por Pierre Cahuc y Fred Célimène.. . En el presente artículo se muestra que el antagonismo de las conclusiones de Lewis (1954) y de Harris y Todaro (1970), a propósito de la...

This article surveys recent research on the relationship between trust and growth. It documents the strong international and interregional heterogeneity of trust. The theoretical mechanisms that explain the influence of trust on economic performance and the empirical methods used to identify the...

Government schemes that compensate workers for the loss of income while they are on short hours (known as short-time work compensation schemes) make it easier for employers to temporarily reduce hours worked so that labor is better matched to output requirements. Because the employers do not lay...

France and Germany are two polar cases in the European debate about rising youth unemployment. Similar to what can be observed in Southern European countries, a 'lost generation' may arise in France. In stark contrast, youth unemployment has been on continuous decline in Germany for many years,...

This paper presents a short overview of dynamic models of labor markets with transaction costs. It shows that these models have deeply renewed the understanding of job search, job flows, job creations and destructions, unemployment and wage formation. It argues that this renewal provides a very...