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Too Old to Work, Too Young to Retire?
Ichino, Andrea; Schwerdt, Guido; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
employment prospects. We rely on exact matching to compare workers displaced due to firm closure with similar non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666404
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Too Old to Work, Too Young to Retire?
Ichino, Andrea; Schwerdt, Guido; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
employment prospects. We rely on exact matching to compare workersdisplaced due to firm closure with similar non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861559
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Potential Unemployment Benefit Duration and Spell Length: Lessons from a Quasi-experiment in Austria
Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
The paper studies the effect of potential unemployment benefit duration on the length of unemployment spells in Austria. It takes advantage of a quasi-experimental situation, where potential benefit duration was extended in 1988 for elderly workers living in specific regions of the country. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666954
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Benefit Duration and Unemployment Entry: Quasi-experimental Evidence for Austria
Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996
This paper studies the impact of a selective extension of unemployment benefit duration on the incidence of unemployment in Austria. As the new law applies only to elderly workers in certain regions of the country after June 1988, a quasi-experimental situation is created. Unemployment entry is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791939
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Search and Matching in Macroeconomics
Yashiv, Eran - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
This paper surveys the use of search and matching models in macroeconomics. It outlines the standard model, discusses …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005792066
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Efficient Unemployment Insurance Time Path
Blumkin, Tomer; Hadar, Yossi; Yashiv, Eran - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
The Paper examines the time sequencing of UI benefits in a general equilibrium framework, with random matching and … endogenously determined wages. A key feature of the model is that policymakers exploit random matching to produce some assortative … matching through UI policy. The Paper considers a mechanism whereby a declining UI time profile makes unemployed workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123852
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On the Extent of Re-Entitlement Effects in Unemployment Compensation
Ortega, Javier; Rioux, Laurence - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
A dynamic labour matching economy is presented, in which the unemployed are either entitled to unemployment insurance …
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Firms and Early Retirement:Offers That One Does Not Refuse
Bellmann, Lutz; Janik, Florian - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
According to the Hutchens (1999) model, early retirement is not explained as a result ofmaximizing expected individual utility but rather as a demand-side phenomenon arising froma firm’s profit-maximizing behaviour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862580
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The effect of firms' partial retirement policies on the labour market outcomes of their employees
Huber, Martin; Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
In this paper, we assess the impact of firms introducing part-time work schemes for gradual labour market exit of elderly workers on their employees’ labour market outcomes. The analysis is based on unique linked employer-employee data that combine high-quality survey and administrative data....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011084617
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Selective Hiring and Welfare Analysis in Labor Market Models
Merkl, Christian; Rens, Thijs van - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2012
Firms select not only how many, but also which workers to hire. Yet, in standard searchmodels of the labor market, all workers have the same probability of being hired. We arguethat selective hiring crucially affects welfare analysis. Our model is isomorphic to a searchmodel under random hiring...
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