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Can integrity replace institutions? : theory and evidence

Aharonovitz, Gilad D.; Skuza, Nathan; Fahs, Faysal - 2009

, measure integrity and other values of these groups, and use this data and data from Kenya to support one of the model …

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Female migration : a way out of discrimination?

Ruyssen, Ilse; Salomone, Sara - 2015

be explained by perceived gender discrimination. Thanks to unique individual level data, we track women's willingness and …, preventing women from actually moving abroad. …

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Equilibrium search and the impact of equal opportunities for women

Coles, Melvyn Glyn; Francesconi, Marco - 2013

the separate effects of equal opportunities for women in the labor market and improved contraception on female education …

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Daddy months

Meier, Volker; Rainer, Helmut - 2014

We consider a bargaining model in which husband and wife decide on the allocation of time and disposable income. Since her bargaining power would go down otherwise more strongly, the wife agrees to have a child only if the husband also leaves the labor market for a while. The daddy months...

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Do electoral rules matter for female representation?

Profeta, Paola; Woodhouse, Eleanor - 2018

How do electoral rules affect the representation of women? We collect panel data on the universe of Italian politicians … electoral rules favour the election of women. We propose a new channel through which this result is obtained, related to the … different nature of political competition in the two electoral systems: under proportional rules, parties place women less …

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Optimal use of labor market policies : the role of job search assistance

Wunsch, Conny - 2009

This paper studies the role of job search assistance programs in optimal welfare-to-work programs. The analysis is based on a framework, that allows for endogenous choice of benefit types and levels, wage taxes or subsidies, and activation measures such as monitoring and job search assistance...

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Public profit sharing

Schöb, Ronnie - 2001

Many countries suffer from persistently high unemployment rates. The scope for labour market reforms is often limited to measures that hurt neither shareholders nor workers. This paper develops a policy proposal, which allows the government to reduce wage costs without changing the income...

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European integration : a downward bias in employment policies?

Andersen, Torben M. - 2001

Even when labour mobility is low, international integration affectslabour markets by making jobs more mobile. This runs via product market integration, which is an essential element of European integration. Increasing job mobility aects the possibilities single countries perceive in pursuing...

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The employment effect of reforming a public employment agency

Launov, Andrey; Wälde, Klaus - 2015

By how much does an increase in operating effectiveness of a public employment agency (PEA) and a reduction of unemployment benefits reduce unemployment? Using a recent labour market reform in Germany as background, we find that an enhanced effectiveness of the PEA explains about 20% of the...

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Workfare and trade unions : labor market repercussions of welfare reform

Schöb, Ronnie - 2003

Workfare proposals concentrate on the work incentives for welfare recipients, thus focusing on the labor supply side. This paper analyzes the effects workfare has on labor demand when the labor market is unionized. As workfare reduces the number of recipients of public financial assistance, a...

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