An emerging economic literature over the past decade has made use of international tests of
educational achievement to analyze the determinants and impacts of cognitive skills. The …

This article examines the effect of past unemployment on labour market outcomes. While
previous work on unemployment scarring has predominantly focused on re-employment …

Existing estimates of the labor-market returns to human capital give a distorted picture of the
role of skills across different economies. International comparisons of earnings analyses rely …

We estimate that unemployment insurance (UI) extensions reduce reemployment wages
using sharp age discontinuities in UI eligibility in Germany. We show this effect combines …

We construct country-level measures of teacher cognitive skills using unique assessment
data for 31 countries. We find substantial differences in teacher cognitive skills across …

Many countries have applied lockdown that helped suppress COVID-19, but with
devastating economic consequences. Here we propose exit strategies from lockdown that …

Deep and Persistent Disadvantage in Australia Page 1 Productivity Commission Staff Working
Paper Deep and Persistent Disadvantage in Australia Rosalie McLachlan Geoff Gilfillan Jenny …

This paper examines the determinants of female labour force participation in OECD
countries. The econometric analysis uses a panel data set covering 17 OECD countries over …

Does early‐career unemployment cause future unemployment? The authors approach this
question using German administrative matched employer–employee data that track almost …

This Staff Discussion Note examines the effect of gender-based legal restrictions and other
policy choices and demographic characteristics on female labor force participation. Drawing …