Small vector autoregressions are commonly used in macroeconomics for forecasting and
evaluating shock transmission. This requires VAR parameters to be stable over the …

To explain the high and persistent unemployment rate in the United States during and after
the Great Recession, this effort develops and estimates a dynamic stochastic general …

Higher education should not be evaluated based on good or bad outcomes, but rather
based on value added. Education can add substantial value even while produing …

In this paper, the authors have analyzed the main economic-fi nancial evolutions of the
European Union member countries. First, we have performed the study regarding the …

The US unemployment rate fell to a very low level at the end of 2016, raising the question of
whether the labor market has become too tight. After applying a new method to adjust for …

We examine the matching process using monthly panel data for local labour markets in
Sweden. We find that an increase in the number of vacancies has a weak effect on the …

Seventy percent of small and medium-sized US companies experience negative
performance because of leaders' lack of knowledge of corporate social responsibility (CSR) …

The issue of employment is a problem in the European Union as in every Member State.
Unemployment may rise or fall depending on the economic and social strategy of each …

Skills gap is a significant mismatch between the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs)
required by employers and those held by workers. This study proposes four innovative …

Chapter 1: We study the link between market thickness, labour market flexibility and wage
dynamics. We consider an economy with two sectors; a risk-free sector that employs workers …