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How quickly does structural reform pay off? An empirical analysis of the short-term effects of unemployment benefit reform
Bouis, Romain; Causa, Orsetta; Demmou, Lilas; Duval, Romain - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-12
While there is a fairly broad consensus regarding the potential adverse effects of generous unemployment benefit …. Findings indicate that although it takes time for unemployment benefit reforms to pay off, such reforms do not appear to entail … any negative short-run effects. There is however some suggestive evidence that reducing unemployment benefits could have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331994
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Technology shocks and robust sign restrictions in a euro area SVAR
Peersman, Gert; Straub, Roland - 2004
This paper provides evidence for the impact of technology, labor supply, monetary policy and aggregate spending shocks on hours worked in the Euro area. The evidence is based on a vector autoregression identi?ed using sign restrictions that are consistent with both sticky price and real business...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604419
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Time variation in U.S. wage dynamics
Hofmann, Boris; Straub, Roland; Peersman, Gert - 2010
This paper explores time variation in the dynamic effects of technology shocks on U.S. output, prices, interest rates as well as real and nominal wages. The results indicate considerable time variation in U.S. wage dynamics that can be linked to the monetary policy regime. Before and after the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011605276
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Time variation in U.S. wage dynamics
Hofmann, Boris; Peersman, Gert; Straub, Roland - 2010
This paper explores time variation in the dynamic effects of technology shocks on U.S. output, prices, interest rates as well as real and nominal wages. The results indicate considerable time variation in U.S. wage dynamics that can be linked to the monetary policy regime. Before and after the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274983
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Technology shocks and robust sign restrictions in a euro area SVAR
Peersman, Gert; Straub, Roland - 2004
This paper provides evidence for the impact of technology, labor supply, monetary policy and aggregate spending shocks on hours worked in the Euro area. The evidence is based on a vector autoregression identified using sign restrictions that are consistent with both sticky price and real...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009639427
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Time variation in U.S. wage dynamics
Hofmann, Boris; Peersman, Gert; Straub, Roland - 2010
This paper explores time variation in the dynamic effects of technology shocks on U.S. output, prices, interest rates as well as real and nominal wages. The results indicate considerable time variation in U.S. wage dynamics that can be linked to the monetary policy regime. Before and after the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009640310
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How quickly does structural reform pay off? : an empirical analysis of the short-term effects of unemployment benefit reform
Bouis, Romain; Causa, Orsetta; Demmou, Lilas; Duval, Romain - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-12
While there is a fairly broad consensus regarding the potential adverse effects of generous unemployment benefit …. Findings indicate that although it takes time for unemployment benefit reforms to pay off, such reforms do not appear to entail … any negative short-run effects. There is however some suggestive evidence that reducing unemployment benefits could have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010118882
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Long term effects of public policy for displaced workers in Sweden - shipyard workers in the West and miners in the North
Ohlsson, Henry; Storrie, Donald - 2007
shipyard workers and miners. They have higher employment, not higher unemployment, and higher earnings than the comparison …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321623
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Temporary Work in Turbulent Times: The Swedish Experience
Holmlund, Bertil; Storrie, Donald - 2001
a severe macroeconomic recession with mass unemployment. By the early 1990s, workers on fixed-term contracts accounted …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321788
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Shifts in the job structure in Europe during the Great Recession
Hurley, John; Storrie, Donald; Jungblut, Jean-Marie - 2011
[...] this report will show the value of the jobs approach in analysing the changing structure of employment in the two turbulent years of the Great Recession.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011902453