We estimate the link between exchange rate fluctuations and the labour input of Canadian manufacturing industries. The analysis is based on a dynamic model of labour dema[...]

This paper discusses broad trends in labour force participation and part-time employment across different age groups since the Great Recession and uses provincial data to[...]

This paper examines the cyclical dynamics of school participation decision, using data for 16-24-year-olds attending full-time post-compulsory education in the UK in the [...]

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[...]

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[...]

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[...]

This paper analyzes the differences in wage ratios of university graduates to less than university graduates, the education premium, in Canada and the United States from [...]

Why do employed persons in large firms earn more than employed persons in small firms, even after controlling for observable characteristics? Complementary to previous re[...]

In this paper we develop a quantitative model of entrepreneurial activity (risk-taking) and consumer bankruptcy choices and use the model to study the effects of bankrupt[...]

This paper studies the choice between general and specific human capital. A trade-off arises because general human capital, while less productive, can easily be reallocat[...]