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Cross-border purchases of health services : a case study on Austria and Hungary

Obermaier, Andreas J. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2009

This paper explores the structure of cross-border health purchasing between Austria and Hungary and determines the size of this phenomenon as well as the barriers to a further increase. Austrian patients may receive health care treatment in Hungary in three different ways. First, patients may...

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Incentives and Complementarities of Flexicurity

Brown, Alessio J. G.; Snower, Dennis - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

full Danish flexicurity set of policies (low employment protection, high unemployment benefits and workfare). Our results …

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Technology Shocks and Employment in Open Economies

Tervala, Juha - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2007

employment. A two-country model is used to demonstrate that the open economy dimension can enhance the ability of sticky price … from domestic goods. This causes a temporary decline in domestic employment. If the expenditure-switching effect is …

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The Effect of Low-Wage Subsidies on Skills and Employment

Oskamp, Frank; Snower, Dennis J. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2006

We explore the far-reaching implications of low-wage subsidies on skill formation, aggregate employment and welfare …. Low-wage subsidies have three important effects. First, they promote employment of low-skilled workers (who tend to be the … reduce the incentive to become skilled. So they increase the low-skilled labor force which faces a relatively low employment …

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Convergence in institutions and market outcomes: cross-country and time-series evidence from the business environment and enterprise performance surveys in transition economies

Mitra, Pradeep; Muravyev, Alexander; Schaffer, Mark E. - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2009

This paper uses firm-level data from the Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Surveys to study the process of convergence of transition countries with developed market economies. The study focuses on competition and market structure, finance and the structure of lending to firms, and...

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An Incentive Theory of Matching

Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

This paper presents a theory explaining the labor market matching process through microeconomic incentives. There are heterogeneous variations in the characteristics of workers and jobs, and firms face adjustment costs in responding to these variations. Matches and separations are described...

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The Role of Faith-Inspired Health Care Providers in Sub-Saharan Africa and Public-Private Partnerships: Strengthening the Evidence for Faith-inspired Health Engagement in Africa, V...

Wodon, Quentin - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2012

This role of faith-inspired health care providers in sub-saharan Africa and public-private partnerships is comprised of a three volume series on strengthening the evidence for faith inspired engagement in health in sub-Saharan Africa. An increasing level of interest in the role of faith in...

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The Role of Faith-Inspired Health Care Providers in Sub-Saharan Africa and Public-Private Partnerships: Strengthening the Evidence for Faith-inspired Health Engagement in Africa, V...

Oliver, Jill; Wodon, Quentin - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2012

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Unemployment in the European Union: A dynamic reappraisal

Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Héctor; Snower, Dennis J. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2003

This paper examines the movements in EU unemployment from two perspectives: (a) the NRU/NAIRU perspective, in which unemployment movements are attributed largely to changes in the long-run equilibrium unemployment rate and (b) the chain-reaction perspective, in which unemployment movements are...

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An Incentive Theory of Matching

Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010

This paper examines the labour market matching process by distinguishing its two component stages: the contact stage, in which job searchers make contact with employers and the selection stage, in which they decide whether to match. We construct a theoretical model explaining two-sided selection...

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