02392nam 2200349 n 450 991013814220332120230227225333.0(CKB)3230000000016211(NjHacI)993230000000016211(EXLCZ)99323000000001621120230227d2006 uu 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEmployment Patterns in OECD Countries Reassessing the Role of Policies and Institutions /Andrea Bassanini, Romain DuvalParis, France :OECD Publishing,2006.1 online resource (131 pages)This paper explores the impact of policies and institutions on employment and unemployment of OECD countries in the past decades. Reduced-form unemployment equations, consistent with standard wage setting/pricesetting models, are estimated using cross-country/time-series data from 21 OECD countries over the period 1982- 2003. In the "average" OECD country, high and long-lasting unemployment benefits, high tax wedges and stringent anti-competitive product market regulation are found to increase aggregate unemployment. By contrast, highly centralised and/or coordinated wage bargaining systems are estimated to reduce unemployment. These findings are robust across specifications, datasets and econometric methods. As policies and institutions affect employment not only via their impact on aggregate unemployment but also through their effects on labour market participation - particularly for those groups "at the margin" of the labour market, group-specific employment rate equations are also estimated. In the "average" OECD country, high unemployment benefits and high tax wedges are found to be associated with lower employment prospects for all groups studied, namely prime-age males, females, older workers and youths. There is also evidence that group-specific policy determinants matter, such as targeted fiscal incentives.Employment Patterns in OECD CountriesLabor marketLabor market.331.12Bassanini Andrea121176Duval RomainNjHacINjHaclBOOK9910138142203321Employment Patterns in OECD Countries3020058UNINA