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This paper extends the idea of using ex-ante risk measures in a model of precautionary savings by explicitly simulating future net-income risks. The uncertainty measure takes into account the interdependency of labour market status and health. The model is estimated for prime age males using the...
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In this paper we develop a structural model of female employment and fertility which accounts for intertemporal … feedback effects between the two outcomes. We identify the effect of financial incentives on the employment and fertility … decision by exploiting variation in the tax and transfer system which differs by employment state and number of children. To …
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that an overall increase in risk aversion contributes to wage moderation and promotes employment. …
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The efficiency of the labour market critically depends on the design of its institutions with employment protection …
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In Europe, there are significant differences in the extent and in the structure of in-work poverty. Based on a comparison of 20 countries the present study analyses to what extent this is due to the differences in the institutional framework conditions of a given country. The analyses are based...
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This paper proposes a dynamic life cycle model of health risks, employment, early retirement, and wealth accumulation … health process, the interaction between health and employment risks, and an explicit modeling of the German public insurance …
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address this pressing open question in public finance, we estimate a life-cycle model in which the optimal employment …
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educational achievements, but that it may also leave a long-lasting "imprint" in terms of employment and fertility patterns. …
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Environmental employment is an issue with high interest to the public and to policy makers. Yet, the debate is blurred … by a great number of distinct definitions and hence estimates of environmental employment. Therefore it is essential to … carefully document delimitations and methods used in any attempt to quantify environmental employment. This paper presents a …
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This paper studies the association between a country's level of financial development and firms' employment growth. We … development affects the employment of firms with low managerial capital negatively, while firms with high managerial capital … managerial capital. Our findings confirm a non-linear effect of financial development on firm employment. Specifically, the …
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