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Comparing the Effectiveness of Employment Subsidies

Brown, Alessio J G; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

This paper analyses theoretically and empirically how employment subsidies should be targeted. We contrast measures involving targeting workers with low incomes/abilities and targeting the unemployed under the criteria of "approximate welfare efficiency" (AWE). Thereby we can identify policies...

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Does the welfare state make older workers unemployable?

Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

This paper discusses the specificities of the labor market for older workers. It discusses the implications of those specificities for the effect of labor market institutions on the employability of those workers. It shows that while unemployment benefits indexed backwards and hiring costs are...

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Retaining through training; even for older workers

Picchio, Matteo; Ours, Jan C van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

This paper investigates whether on-the-job training has an effect on the employability of workers. Using data from the Netherlands we disentangle the true effect of training incidence from the spurious one determined by unobserved individual heterogeneity. We also take into account that there...

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Immigration, Offshoring and American Jobs

Ottaviano, Gianmarco; Peri, Giovanni; Wright, Greg C. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010

How many "American jobs" have U.S.-born workers lost due to immigration and offshoring? Or, alternatively, is it possible that immigration and offshoring, by promoting cost-savings and enhanced efficiency in firms, have spurred the creation of jobs for U.S. natives? We consider a multi-sector...

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A Positive Theory of Geographic Mobility and Social Insurance

Hassler, John; Mora, José V Rodríguez; Storesletten, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

This Paper presents a tractable dynamic general equilibrium model that can explain cross-country empirical regularities in geographical mobility, unemployment and labour market institutions. Rational agents vote over unemployment insurance (UI), taking the dynamic distortionary effects of...

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THE COGNITIVE INTERNATIONAL DIVISION OF LABOUR HYPOTHESIS: WHAT POSSIBLE EFFECTS FOR THAI LABOUR AND EDUCATION?

Jetin, Bruno - HAL - 2006

revolution that gives a special emphasis to knowledge ( ). Not all these trends are at work in developing countries … revolution and knowledge will impact Thailand in the near future because they are shaping a new international division of labour … leads us to define what we mean exactly by “knowledge” (part 1). We will then turn to the consequences on employment and …

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Envisioning innovative groundwater regulation policies through scenario workshops in France and Portugal

Rinaudo, Jean-Daniel; Montginoul, Marielle; Varanda, Marta - HAL - 2012

experts, institutional representatives, and farmers. It is applied in two case studies in France and Portugal. From a …

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Economic impacts of public subsidies on young innovating SME's performances: the case of the French National Competition for creation of New Technology-based Firms

Guichard, Renelle; Gallié, Emilie-Pauline; Benslimane, … - HAL - 2009

based more and more on innovation. In this context, the new innovating firms are regarded as source of competitive dynamism …

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Les PME multimédia et logiciel éditeur dans le pôle de compétitivité " Solutions Communicantes Sécurisées ": quel mode de gouvernance pour quelle intégration industrielle ?

Gadille, Martine; Pélissier, Maud - HAL - 2009

'ensemble des acteurs territoriaux de l'innovation. …

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Does Microsoft Stifle Innovation? Dominant Firms, Imitation and R&D Incentives

Cabral, Luís M B; Polak, Ben - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

firm's incentives for R&D. These changes influence the probability of innovation through two effects: changes in total R … shift from the rival firm to the dominant firm is a good thing as it decreases the likelihood of duplicate innovation (we … rights are strong. That is, firm dominance is good for innovation when (but only when) property rights are strong. We also …

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