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Welfare regimes and the incentives to work and get educated

Rodriguez-Pose, Andres; Tselios, Vassilis - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

microeconomic data for more than 100,000 European individuals, the results show that welfare regimes make a difference for wages and … regional interpersonal income and educational inequality, also influence wages and education in different ways across welfare …

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The Low-Skill, Bad-Job Trap

Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

high wages), and if few good jobs are available, workers have little incentive to acquire skills. In this context, the …

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New Men and New Women? A Comparison of Paid Work Propensities from a Panel Data Perspective

Booth, Alison L; Jenkins, Stephen P; Serrano, Carlos - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

The paper uses BHPS waves 1–5 (1991–5) to compare paid work participation rates of men and women. Year-on-year persistence in paid work propensities is high, but greater for men than women. Non-work persistence is higher for women. Using panel data probit regression models, the paper also...

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Employment and Taxes in Latin America: An Empirical Study of the Effects of Payroll, Corporate Income and Value-Added Taxes on Labor Outcomes

Lora, Eduardo; Fajardo, Johanna - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

of labor market outcomes such as employment, unemployment, informality, and wages. Using national-level data on labor …

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Central and East European Labour Markets in Transition: Developments, Causes, and Cures

Franz, Wolfgang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

The main questions addressed in this paper are: First, how did labour markets in the Visegrad countries react to the breakdown of a command economy and the transformation to a market economy? Second, which way ahead is likely, or to put it differently, what should be done now to improve...

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Outward Investment, Employment and Wages in Swedish Multinationals

Blomström, Magnus; Kokko, Ari - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

. The new jobs created by the MNCs were found in activities with relatively high productivity and wages. This suggests that …

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Importing Jobs or Exporting Firms? A Close Look at the Labour Market Implications of Italy's Trade and Foreign Direct Investment Flows

Faini, Riccardo; Falzoni, Anna M; Galeotti, Marzio; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

International economic integration is often blamed for the deteriorating fortunes of unskilled workers in industrial countries. We look at the labour market impact of trade and foreign direct investment in the case of Italy. Our empirical framework allows for trade, technology and factor supply...

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Can SME Policies Improve Firm Performance? Evidence from an Impact Evaluation in Argentina

Castillo, Victoria; Maffioli, Alessandro; Monsalvo, Ana P. - Inter-American Development Bank - 2010

This paper evaluates the impact of the Argentine SME support program PRE on employment, real wages, and exports. The … and quantitatively important impact of the program on employment and a positive although smaller impact on real wages and … the probability of exporting. We also find that the effect of the program on wages and the probability of exporting take …

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The Response of Wages and Actual Hours Worked to the Reduction of Standard Hours in Germany

Hunt, Jennifer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

A transformation of what had become a universal 40-hour standard working week in Germany began in 1985 with reductions negotiated in the metal-working and printing sectors. These reductions have continued through 1995, and were followed by reductions in other sectors. The union campaign aimed to...

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The Transition in East Germany: When is a Ten Point Fall in the Gender Wage Gap Bad News?

Hunt, Jennifer - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

Since monetary union with West Germany on 1 July 1990, eastern female monthly wages have risen by 10 percentage points … relative to male wages, but female employment has fallen 5 percentage points more than male employment. Using the German Socio … of the hazard rate from employment. Differences in mean 1990 wages explain more than one-half of the gender gap in this …

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