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for employment protection, provided it is uniform across workers and not specifically higher for older workers. It …
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heterogeneity. We also take into account that there might be feedback from shocks in the employment status to future propensity of … receiving firm-provided training. We find that firm-provided training significantly increases future employment prospects. This …
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Using the Dutch Labour Force Survey 1991-2001, the authors investigate the incidence of part-time employment in the … country with the highest part-time employment rate of the OECD countries. Women fulfil most part-time jobs, but a considerable … level of industry suggests that the growth of part-time employment in the 1990s relates strongly to the growth in female …
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tax (AMT) in Belgium with a focus on the impact on various distortions margins. In the process, we provide an up-to date … better off under an asset based AMT than under an income based AMT. But any decision on the AMT in Belgium is likely to be …
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This paper assesses the effects of applying VAT or a sales tax on (intermediate or final) sales of the financial sector. It uses a CGE Model calibrated for a small open economy. It highlights the differentiated sectoral and redistributional effects of these taxes and shows the importance of the...
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We provide an analysis of the 2008-2009 trade collapse using microdata from a small open economy, Belgium. First, we …
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The present Paper studies the retirement incentives for elderly people in Belgium. We model the incentive structure …
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The growth of the Belgian economy since 1945 is surveyed with emphasis on the distinction between open and sheltered sectors. Relatively slow growth to around 1960 is explained by a move away from traditionally liberal industrial policies that began in the crisis of the 1930s, by the squeeze on...
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We conduct a large-scale audit discrimination study to measure labor market discrimination across different minority groups in Australia -- a country where one quarter of the population was born overseas. To denote ethnicity, we use distinctively Anglo-Saxon, Indigenous, Italian, Chinese, and...
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We test for gender discrimination by sending fake CVs to apply for entry-level jobs. Female candidates are more likely to receive a callback, with the difference being largest in occupations that are more female-dominated.
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