https://macropaperwarehouse.com/authors/jonathan-crechet/Jonathan CréchetHugo -- gohugo.ioen-ushttps://macropaperwarehouse.com/papers/life-cycle-worker-flows-and-cross-country-differences-in-aggregate-employment/https://macropaperwarehouse.com/papers/life-cycle-worker-flows-and-cross-country-differences-in-aggregate-employment/<p><strong>Research question.</strong> The paper asks: what are the sources of cross-country differences in aggregate employment across European economies, and which types of worker flows — between employment (E), unemployment (U), and nonparticipation (N) — drive those differences? The authors pay particular attention to heterogeneity by gender and age, motivated by the observation that cross-country employment dispersion is concentrated among women, youth, and older workers, and that a large portion of the dispersion is traceable to differences in labor force participation rather than unemployment rates alone.</p>