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Loosening hours constraints on the supply of labor: what if Germans had a Dutch labor market?
Wolf, Elke - 2000
Total employment in Germany is supposed to increase if people could realize their desired working hours. However, this back-of-the-envelope calculation overestimates the effect of loosening hours constraints, because even in a very flexible labor market there will exist hours restrictions for...
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The ZEW combined microsimulation-CGE model: innovative tool for applied policy analysis
Clauss, Markus; Schubert, Stefanie - 2009
This contribution describes the linkage of microsimulation models and computable general equilibrium (CGE) models using two already established models called "STSM" and "PACE-L" used by the Centre for European Economic Research. This state of the art research method for applied policy analysis...
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Beschäftigungswirkungen von Lohnsubventionen und Mindestlöhnen - Zur Reform des Niedriglohnsektors in Deutschland
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2011
In diesem Beitrag werden die Beschäftigungswirkungen von Lohnsubventionen und eines Mindestlohnes für Deutschland analysiert. Studien zum Mindestlohn im Baugewerbe und Simulationen zu einem allgemeinen Mindestlohn weisen einhellig auf Beschäftigungsverluste durch einen gesetzlichen...
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Whose Preferences Are Revealed in Hours of Work?
Pencavel, John - 2015
the expression of the preferences of workers. This convention originated in H. Gregg Lewis' explanation for the decline in …
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The Affordable Care Act and the Growth of Involuntary Part-Time Employment
Even, William E.; Macpherson, David A. - 2015
than predicted based on economic conditions and the composition of jobs and workers in the labor market. More importantly … greatest in the industries and occupations where workers were most likely to be affected by the mandate. We also show that … there has been virtually no change in the probability of IPT employment where the number of workers affected by the mandate …
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Relative Contribution of Child Labour to Household Farm and Non-Farm Income in Ghana: Simulation with Child's Education
Koomson, Isaac; Asongu, Simplice A. - 2015
during weekends. The suggestion is that governments must provide adequate remuneration for workers and pay a good price for …
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Public works programs in developing countries have the potential to reduce poverty
Zimmermann, Laura - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Public works programs in developing countries can reduce poverty in the long term and help low-skilled workers cope …
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Absence from work of the self-employed: A comparison with paid employees
Lechmann, Daniel S. J.; Schnabel, Claus - 2013
Utilising a large representative data set for Germany, this study contrasts absenteeism of self-employed individuals and paid employees. We find that absence from work is clearly less prevalent among the self-employed than among paid employees. Only to a small extent, this difference can be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325123
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Absence from work of the self-employed: A comparison with paid employees
Lechmann, Daniel S.; Schnabel, Claus - 2013
Utilising a large representative data set for Germany, this study contrasts absenteeism of self-employed individuals and paid employees. We find that absence from work is clearly less prevalent among the self-employed than among paid employees. Only to a small extent, this difference can be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326824
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Absence from Work of the Self-Employed: A Comparison with Paid Employees
Lechmann, Daniel S. J.; Schnabel, Claus - 2013
Utilising a large representative data set for Germany, this study contrasts absenteeism of self-employed individuals and paid employees. We find that absence from work is clearly less prevalent among the self-employed than among paid employees. Only to a small extent, this difference can be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329000