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Cyclical Fluctuations in Workplace Accidents

Boone, Jan; Ours, Jan C van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

This Paper presents a theory and an empirical investigation on cyclical fluctuations in workplace accidents. The theory is based on the idea that reporting an accident dents the reputation of a worker and raises the probability that he is fired. Therefore a country with a high or an increasing...

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Job Security and Job Protection

Clark, Andrew E; Postel-Vinay, Fabien - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

We construct indicators of the perception of job security for various types of jobs in 12 European countries using individual data from the European Community Household Panel (ECHP). We then consider the relation between reported job security and OECD summary measures of Employment Protection...

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How Binding are Legal Limits? Transitions from Temporary to Permanent Work in Spain

Güell, Maia; Petrongolo, Barbara - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

In the mid-1980s, several European countries, characterized by high levels of employment protection, introduced fixed-term contracts. Since then most accessions to employment have been through fixed-term contracts. This Paper studies the duration pattern of fixed-term contracts and the...

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No Credit for Transition: The Maastricht Treaty and German Unemployment

Driffill, John; Miller, Marcus - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

Germany is generally regarded as the nominal anchor for Europe. Its participation is the sine qua non of EMU. It has … leading example of the virtues of fiscal and monetary rectitude as enshrined in the Maastricht Treaty. Reunified Germany … transition of the former East Germany on the other, are leading to high unemployment, are slowing the transition process, and may …

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The Public Health Costs of Job Loss

Kuhn, Andreas; Lalive, Rafael; Zweimüller, Josef - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

We study the short-run effect of involuntary job loss on comprehensive measures of public health costs. We focus on job loss induced by plant closure, thereby addressing the reverse causality problem of deteriorating health leading to job loss as job displacements due to plant closure are...

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Immigrant Labour and Workplace Safety

Bauer, Thomas; Million, Andreas; Rotte, Ralph; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998

determinants of workplace accidents using a firm data set for Germany. Given the tight system of public workplace safety regulation …

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Worker Identity, Employment Fluctuations and Stabilization Policy

Lechthaler, Wolfgang; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013

This paper provides a model of "social hysteresis," whereby long, deep recessions demotivate workers and thereby lead them to change their work ethic. In switching from a pro-work to an anti-work identity, their incentives to seek and retain work fall and consequently their employment chances...

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Gender Segregation in Employment Contracts

Petrongolo, Barbara - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

This Paper presents evidence on gender segregation in employment contracts in 15 EU countries, using micro data from the ECHPS. Women are over-represented in part-time jobs in all countries considered, but while in northern Europe such allocation roughly reflects women’s preferences and their...

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Screening Disability Insurance Applications

de Jong, Philip; Lindeboom, Maarten; van der Klaauw, Bas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This paper investigates the effects of intensified screening of disability insurance benefit applications. A large-scale experiment was setup where in 2 of the 26 Dutch regions case workers of the disability insurance administration were instructed to screen applications more intense. The...

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Disability and Work: The Role of Health Shocks and Childhood Circumstances

Lindeboom, Maarten; Llena-Nozal, Ana; van der Klaauw, Bas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

This paper focuses on the relation between the onset of disability and employment outcomes. We develop an event history model that includes unscheduled hospitalizations as a measure for unanticipated health shocks and estimate the model on data from the British National Child Development Study...

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