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Unemployment in East and West Europe
Münich, Daniel; Svejnar, Jan - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
unemployment in five former communist economies and inthe western part of Germany (a benchmark western economy) to examine the … evolution ofunemployment together with that of inflows into unemployment and vacancies...<br< …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005863008
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A New Regional Geography of Europe?The Labour Market Impact of the EU Enlargements
Caroleo, Floro Ernesto; Pastore, Francesco - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This paper provides a critical overview and a detailed research agenda for scholarsinterested in regional studies with a special focus on old and new European Union memberstates. The focus is on the microeconomic foundations of structural change and its spatiallyasymmetric impact on labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005863251
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How to Increase R&D in Transition Economies?Evidence from Slovenia
Domadenik, Polona; Prašnikar, Janez; Svejnar, Jan - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Paper addresses the recent initiatives of EU Lisbon Agenda to increase level of R&Dexpenses in EU Member States by studying firm-level panel data in most advanced transitioneconomy, Slovenia. Previous empirical literature – mainly cross-sectional – has tested thedemand-pull hypothesis and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862883
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Do Unemployment Benefits Promote or Hinder Structural Change?
Boeri, Tito; Macis, Mario - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
According to recent and largely untested theories, unemployment benefits (UBs) could improve the extent and quality of … job reallocation even at the cost of increasing unemployment. Using yearly panel data from a large number of countries, we … evaluate empirically the relationship between unemployment benefits and structural change. Unlike previous work assessing the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860602
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The Effect of Sanctions on the Job Finding Rate:Evidence from Denmark
Svarer, Michael - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This paper investigates the effect of sanctions of unemployment insurance benefits on theexit rate from unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862085
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Wage Gaps Large and Small
Hirsch, Barry - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
The law of one wage does not strictly hold, nor should it be expected to hold, in contemporary labor markets. The law of one wage, however, provides a surprisingly good first approximation of the structure of U.S. wages...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860584
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Estimating the Need for PhDs in theAcademic Sector via a Survey of Employers
Masso, Jaan; Eamets, Raul; Kanep, Hanna - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
The aim of the current paper is to estimate the need for new PhDs in the Estonian academicsector for the 5-year period 2007-2012 using a survey of employers, such as universities,institutions of applied higher education and research institutes. The doctoral workforce in allcountries around the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861648
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Human Capital Spillovers and Economic Performancein the Workplace in 2004: Some British Evidence
Metcalfe, Renuka; Sloane, Peter J. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This paper considers the impact of education and training on both individual and co-workerpay and establishment performance using the matched employer-employee data in WERS2004, the panel dataset 1998-2004 and the new Financial Performance Questionnaire...<br<
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005863029
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Myth and Reality of Flat Tax Reform:Micro Estimates of Tax Evasion Responseand Welfare Effects in Russia
Gorodnichenko, Yuriy; Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Using micro-level data, we examine the effects of Russia`s 2001 flat rate income tax reformon consumption, income, and tax evasion. We use the gap between household expendituresand reported earnings as a proxy for tax evasion with data from a household panel for 1998-2004. Utilizing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860480
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Tax Evasion, Minimum Wage Non-Complianceand Informality
Basu, Arnab K.; Chau, Nancy H.; Siddique, Zahra - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
We study the impact of tax and minimum wage reforms on the incidence of informality. Togauge the incidence of informality, we use measures of the extent of tax evasion, the extentof minimum wage non-compliance, and the size of the informal workforce. Our approachallows us to examine (i) the...
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