workers in long-term employment of about 10 percent. We interpret this as evidence that the reforms strengthened incentives to …

This paper examines the effect of skill-biased technological change on the structure of wages, the composition of … employment and the level of unemployment in a two-sector economy with a heterogenous work force. Efficiency wage considerations … of skilled workers and reduce aggregate employment as well as the employment level of unskilled workers in that sector …

This paper provides new empirical evidence on the relationship between reservation wages of unemployed workers and … perspective on how reservation wages change over time and how they correlate with accepted wage offers for workers who move from … unemployment to employment. The findings shed light on the disincentive effects of the German tax and transfer system for the …

, an increase in government wages or benefits reduces private sector employment, and government employment is not an …Government wage, benefit, and employment decisions are not taken on a profit-maximizing basis and have a substantial …

employment, unemployment, and economic growth in OECD countries. The paper examines a number of facets of tax and welfare policy …

that if annual GDP growth averages 7 percent and the employment elasticity is one-half, urban unemployment could double to …