Unemployment and Unions: Could Sector-Level Bargaining be to Blame?
José Ramón García and Valeri Sorolla show that the bargaining structure of southern European economies can lead to higher unemployment.
Topic Archive: Labor Economics
Summer reading: VoxEU Roundup 1
Researchers in the Barcelona GSE community have written several widely-read articles on CEPR’s policy portal, VoxEU.
The economic consequences of religion
Joan-Maria Esteban, Gilat Levy, and Laura Mayoral show how religiosity can have an impact on individual preferences and, thus, on labor supply.
Does unemployment lead to a decrease in mental health?
A new study by Lídia Farré, Francesco Fasani, and Hannes Mueller suggests that an increase in the unemployment rate, caused by the collapse of the Spanish construction sector, led to a drastic increase in mental disorders.
Video: Labor Market Risk and Skill Diversity (ERC Advanced Grant)
Jan Eeckhout talks about the objectives, challenges, and potential impact of his ERC Advanced Grant Project.
Does increasing minimum working age improve education, health and labor market outcomes?
Elena del Rey, Sergi Jiménez-Martín and Judit Vall-Castello explore the effects of a 1980 labor market reform in Spain that increased the statutory minimum working age.
