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Parental leave reform and long-run earnings of mothers
Frodermann, Corinna; Wrohlich, Katharina; Zucco, Aline - 2020
Paid parental leave schemes have been shown to increase women's employment rates but decrease their wages in case of …
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The "German job miracle" and its impact on income inequality : a decomposition study
Mühlhan, Jannek - 2022
first study to examine the effect of changing labor supply patterns due to changes in policies, wages and preferences, as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013275787
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Bulgaria: Selected Issues Paper
International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2014
This Selected Issues paper reviews recent developments in growth and employment in Bulgaria and highlights key constraints to growth suggested by cross-country competitiveness studies. Bulgaria’s GDP has grown substantially since economic and financial stabilization in 1997. The global...
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Cohort size and youth labour-market outcomes : the role of measurement error
Moffat, John D.; Roth, Duncan - 2016
Using data from 49 European regions covering 2005-2012, this paper finds that the estimated effect of cohort size on employment and unemployment outcomes is very sensitive to the age range of the sample. We argue that this is because the identification strategy commonly used in this literature...
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Unemployment insurance for the self-employed: a way forward post-corona
Schoukens, Paul; Weber, Enzo - 2020
With the COVID-19 crisis as background, the underlying paper elaborates on setting up an unemployment insurance for self-employed. While a comprehensive approach would have clear advantages, it is crucial to adapt the rules of existing insurances for wage earners appropriately addressing the...
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Arbeitsmarktvermittelte Abgänge aus der Grundsicherung
Achatz, Juliane; Trappmann, Mark - 2011
Diese Studie untersucht auf der Grundlage der ersten Befragungswelle der IAB-Panelerhebung 'Arbeitsmarkt und soziale Sicherung' (PASS), welche Faktoren mit Abgängen aus der Grundsicherung für Arbeitsuchende in eine Erwerbstätigkeit assoziiert sind. Im Mittelpunkt steht zum einen die Frage,...
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Empirische Maße zur Erfassung von Armut und materiellen Lebensbedingungen : Ansätze und Konzepte im Überblick
Christoph, Bernhard - 2015
Bei der Messung von Armut im Rahmen empirischer Analysen müssen zahlreiche Entscheidungen getroffen werden, die abhängig vom Analyseziel mit unterschiedlichen Konsequenzen verbunden sein können. Ziel des vorliegenden Discussion Papers ist ein Überblick über die verfügbaren Methoden sowie...
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Auswirkungen flexibler Arbeitszeiten auf die Gesundheit von Beschäftigten
Krug, Gerhard; Kemna, Kirsten; Hartosch, Katja - 2019
Befürworter flexibler Arbeitszeitmodelle führen unter anderem deren positive Auswirkungen auf die Gesundheit an, Gegner erwarten hingegen negative Auswirkungen. Wir untersuchen die Gesundheitseffekte selbst- und fremdbestimmter flexibler Arbeitszeiten bei deutschen Beschäftigten auf Basis des...
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Resilience among vulnerable households in Europe : questions, concept, findings and implications
Promberger, Markus - 2017
The paper shows the results of the RESCuE project, an in-depth qualitative investigation of 250 vulnerable households, their living conditions and socioeconomic practices across nine European countries on the background of the European crisis since 2008. After refining the concept and developing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011638364
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Regional age structure and young workers' wages
Garloff, Alfred; Roth, Duncan - 2016
This paper estimates the effect that changes in the size of the youth population have on the wages of young workers … age groups earn lower wages. We test this hypothesis for a sample of young, male, fulltime employees in Western Germany … estimation, we show that an increase in the youth share by one percentage point is predicted to decrease a young worker's wages …
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