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This paper constructs a theory of the coexistence of fixed-term and permanent employment contracts in an environment with ex-ante identical workers and employers. Worker[...]
2011 | Text | Staff Working Paper - Document de travail du personnel |
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What are the effects of financial market imperfections on unemployment and vacancies? Since standard DSGE models do not typically model unemployment, they abstract from [...]
2011 | Text | Staff Working Paper - Document de travail du personnel |
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This paper analyzes the effects of an educational system expansion on labour market outcomes, drawing upon a 15-year natural experiment in the Russian Federation. Regiona[...]
2013 | Text | Staff Working Paper - Document de travail du personnel |
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The recent financial crisis and subsequent recession have spurred great interest in the sources of unemployment fluctuations. Previous studies predominantly assume a sing[...]
2013 | Text | Staff Working Paper - Document de travail du personnel |
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Using census data at the economic region level from 1991 to 2006 and a gravity model framework, this paper examines the factors that influence migration within Canada. Re[...]
2012 | Text | Staff Working Paper - Document de travail du personnel |
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From 1980 until 2007, U.S. average hours worked increased by thirteen percent, due to a large increase in female hours. At the same time, the U.S. labor wedge, measured a[...]
2010 | Text | Staff Working Paper - Document de travail du personnel |
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In Canada, temporary workers account for 14 per cent of jobs in the non-farm business sector, are present in a range of industries, and account for 40 per cent of the tot[...]
2010 | Text | Staff Working Paper - Document de travail du personnel |
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Using an error-correction model (ECM) framework, the authors attempt to quantify the degree of disequilibrium in Canadian housing stock over the period 1961–2008 for the [...]
2010 | Text | Staff Working Paper - Document de travail du personnel |
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This article investigates the stability of Okun's law for Canada and the United States using a time varying parameter approach. Time variation is modeled as driftless ran[...]
2010 | Text | Staff Working Paper - Document de travail du personnel |
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We use a novel approach to identify economic developments that drive exchange rates in the long run. Using a panel of six quarterly U.S. bilateral real exchange rates – A[...]
2010 | Text | Staff Working Paper - Document de travail du personnel |
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