The determinants of unemployment across OECD countries

‘ Wage Rigidity and Unemployment in OECD Countries ’

Econometric investigations of individual countries’ experiences with inflation and unemployment in the 1970’s have shown that it is no longer sufficient to simply assume that wages are sticky in order to explain observed macroeconomic phenomena and make policy recommendations. A number of theoretical papers appearing in the last few years, motivated in part by the international econometric comp...

Migration and Unemployment Duration: The Case of the OECD Countries

This paper examines whether or not immigration has a positive influence on the duration of unemployment, in a macroeconomic perspective. We analyse also whether the degree of labor market integration can influence migration. The integration of immigrants into the labor market is a recurrence theme in the work on the economic consequences of immigration. However, to our knowledge, no researchers...

Common Cycles Across OECD Countries

The strong correlation between Australian and US output growth over the last two decades has been widely documented and analysed. What has always been difficult to understand is the source of this correlation, particularly since the extent of Australia’s integration with the US economy is no greater in many respects than with other countries. A recent research project within the Economic Resear...

The Unemployment Impact of Immigration in Oecd Countries

The Main Determinants of Under 5 Mortality Rate (U5MR) in OECD Countries: A Cross-Sectional Study

Introduction: Child mortality indices are key element that reflects health Status of societies and inform policy makers to take suitable policies to reduce them. This study was performed to examine the main determinants of under-5 mortality rate (U5MR) in OECD countries in two cross-sections, 2010 and 2013, and the results of them was compared. Material and Methods: This was a cross- sectional ...