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Canadian Immigration Policy and Immigrant Economic Outcomes: Why the Differences in Outcomes between Sweden and Canada?
Picot, Garnett; Sweetman, Arthur - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Immigrants to Canada enjoy labour market outcomes that are more favourable than those for their counterparts in Sweden … deteriorated significantly in Canada since the 1980s, as they have in many western countries including Sweden. …. In an effort to understand these gaps, Canada’s immigration policy and outcomes are contrasted to the Swedish immigration …
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The Employment of the Low-Skilled Youth in France
Cahuc, Pierre; Carcillo, Stéphane; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Youth unemployment is notoriously high in France, in particular for the low-skilled. Within the EU, only the crisis …
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Labor Market Reforms and the Great Recession
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Germany can be regarded as a showcase for labor market reforms. Moreover, its labor market responded only mildly to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884403
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Labor Demand Effects of Rising Electricity Prices: Evidence for Germany
Cox, Michael; Peichl, Andreas; Pestel, Nico; Siegloch, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Germany plays a pioneering role in replacing conventional power plants with renewable energy sources. While this is …
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15 Years of Pension Reform in Germany: Old Successes and New Threats
Bonin, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
-term sustainability. We argue that the latest reforms have moved pension provision in Germany in principle from a defined benefit to a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008632741
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Low Pay as an Alternative to Public Direct Job Creation? Lessons from the German Case
Eichhorst, Werner - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
This contribution draws some conclusions from the experience of attempts by the German government at integrating the most vulnerable groups into the labor market, in particular the long-term unemployed and the low skilled. There has been a sort of paradigm shift that goes beyond active labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011204373
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The Transatlantic Banking Crisis: Lessons and EU Reforms
Welfens, Paul J. J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
The key dynamics of the transatlantic banking crisis are analyzed – with emphasis on the fact that the banking disaster of 2007/08 was not really a surprise –, and the five key requirements for restoring stability and efficiency in the EU/OECD banking sector are highlighted. Most important,...
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