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How to Finance Unemployment Benefits in an Economy with Search Generated Equilibrium Unemployment
Weiss, Pia - EconWPA - 2001
In this paper, the effects of alternatives to finance unemployment benefits on employment and wages are examined in a … model with search generated equilibrium unemployment. It is demonstrated that employment improves if a value--added tax is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125902
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Welfare Effects of Tariff Reduction Formulas
Jorgensen, Jan Guldager; Schröder, Philipp J.H. - EconWPA - 2005
WTO negotiations rely on tariff reduction formulas. It has been argued that formula approaches are of increasing importance in trade talks, because of the large number of countries involved, the wider dispersion in initial tariffs (e.g. tariff peaks) and gaps between bound and applied tariff...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005062606
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Enhanced Trade Integration with Europe: Prospects of Growth and Development for Libya
Bergs, Rolf - EconWPA - 2004
The paper deals with the prospects of economic recovery and growth of Libya after the suspension of the UN sanctions. Here the risks and chances of Libya’s participation in the so-called ‘Barcelona Process’ are viewed. Based on the results of a similar study for Egypt and an empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556100
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Intra-industry Trade Between the United States and Mexico: 1993- 1998
Clark, Don P; Jr, Thomas M Fullerton; Burdorf, Duane - EconWPA - 2004
Changes in the trade of manufactured goods between the United States and Mexico are examined during the first 5 years of the North American Free Trade Agreement implementation period. Most industries exhibit large increases in intra-industry trade. An examination of intra-industry specialization...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556500
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Optimal Unemployment Insurance and Voting
Pollak, Andreas - EconWPA - 2005
The framework of a general equilibrium heterogeneous agent model is used to study the optimal design of an unemployment … insurance (UI) scheme and the voting behaviour on unemployment policy reforms. In a first step, the optimal defined benefit and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125042
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Geneses of labour market turnover: Job search and entrepreneurial aspirations on-the-job
Hyytinen, Ari; Ilmakunnas, Pekka - EconWPA - 2005
In this paper we study the labour market behavior of employed individuals that have entrepreneurial aspirations in addition to aspirations to switch job. We analyze empirically these two “search processes” side-by-side and report three main findings: First, neither entrepreneurial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005125777
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Job search behavior of unemployed in Russia
Smirnova, Natalia V. - EconWPA - 2004
This paper explores the determinants of job search behavior, search intensity and choices of search methods of the unemployed workers in transitional Russia. We use pooled data from rounds 5-9 of the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS) to estimate the effects of socio- economic factors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126391
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ON-THE-JOB SEARCH, URBAN INFORMAL SECTOR AND THE DEVELOPMENT POLICIES-A GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS
Bandopadhyay, Titas - EconWPA - 2005
unemployment are also examined here3. The main findings are more efficient on-the-job search from the rural sector raises … equilibrium urban unemployment rate whereas increased job search efficiency from the urban informal sector lowers this rate. Again … urban subsidy policy lowers the equilibrium urban unemployment rate and rural subsidy policy raises this rate. Urban formal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556734
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Transitions from unemployment in Poland: a multinomial logit analysis
Bukowski, Maciej; Lewandowski, Piotr - EconWPA - 2005
-2004 period. It's main goal is to scrutinize the determinants of outflows from unemployment at the time when the two shocks have … transitions out of unemployment, including personal characteristics and unemployment benefits. Special attention is devoted to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556847
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The Effects of the Minimum Wage on Prices in Brazil
Lemos, Sara - EconWPA - 2004
There is very little evidence on the effects of the minimum wage on prices in the international literature and none whatsoever for developing countries. This paper analyzes the effects of the minimum wage on prices using monthly Brazilian household and price data from 1982 to 2000 aggregated at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076509