Michèle Belot

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a theoretical and empirical framework to investigate how unemployment is affected by different labour market institutions (LMI) such as labour taxes, unemployment benefits, employment protection, union bargaining power and centralisation of bargaining.

TL;DR: This paper examined the determinants of educational selectivity in immigration using immigrant stock data for 70 source countries and 21 destination countries, as observed in the year 2000/2001, and found that cultural similarities, colonial legacies, and physical distance are often more important determinants than wage incentives or selective immigration policy.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a theoretical and empirical framework to investigate how unemployment is affected by different labour market institutions (LMI) such as labour taxes, unemployment benefits, employment protection, union bargaining power and centralisation of bargaining.

TL;DR: This article examined factors associated with the adoption of self-protective health behaviors, such as social distancing and mask wearing, at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in the USA.

TL;DR: To develop the evidence base necessary for effective policies, the authors need to build bridges across different levels of knowledge and understanding, which requires experimental models that can fill in the gaps in understanding that are needed to inform policy, translational models that connect mechanistic understanding from laboratory studies to the real life human condition, and formal models that embed understanding in a way that enables policy-relevant predictions to be made.