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A Positive Theory of the Earnings Relationship ofUnemployment Benefits

Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus; Ursprung, Heinrich W. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

utility. We show for a wage bargaining model that a stronger earningsrelationship of unemployment benefits may reduce wages …Evidently, the benefit-structure of the unemployment insurance has a significant influence onprofits and trade union … and increase employment. Thisraises the question as to how the benefit structure is determined in the political process... …

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The Lot of the Unemployed : A Time Use Perspective

Krueger, Alan B.; Mueller, Andreas - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

This paper provides new evidence on time use and subjective well-being of employed and unemployed individuals in 14 …

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Family Bargaining and Taxes:A Prolegomenon to the Analysis of Joint Taxation

Pollak, Robert A. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

Does joint taxation disadvantage women? To answer that question, this paper begins byreviewing unitary and bargaining … models of intrafamily allocation, and then discusses thedeterminants of "bargaining power" in a world without taxes... …

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The Effects of In-Work Benefit Reform in Britainon Couples: Theory and Evidence

Francesconi, Marco; Rainer, Helmut; Klaauw, Wilbert van der - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

This paper examines the effects of the Working Families´ Tax Credit (WFTC) on couples inBritain. We develop a simple model of household decisions which explicitly accounts for therole played by the tax and benefit system. Its main implications are then tested using paneldata from the British...

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On the Optimality of a Minimum Wage:New Insights from Optimal Tax Theory

Hungerbühler, Mathias; Lehmann, Etienne - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

market generate unemployment. Workersdiffer in productivity... …

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Real and Nominal Wage Rigidities inCollective Bargaining Agreements

Christofides, Louis N.; Nearchou, Paris - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

An earlier study of wage agreements, reached in the Canadian unionized sector between1976-99, found that wage adjustment is characterized by downward nominal rigidity andsignificant spikes at zero. We extend this earlier approach to encompass the possibility ofreal as well as nominal wage...

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Rent-Sharing under Different Bargaining Regimes: Evidence from Linked Employer-Employee Data

Rusinek, Michael; Rycx, Francois - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

.The authors of this paper use unique linked employer-employee data from a 2003 survey inBelgium to examine how these bargaining … firms and for differences in characteristics between bargaining regimes.Moreover, in centralized industries, rent-sharing is …, both firm andindustry bargaining generate rent-sharing to the same extent. …

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A Primer on the 35-Hour in France, 1997-2007

Askenazy, Philippe - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

France has experienced massive changes in its regulation of working time during the last decade. These changes generate natural experiments that may help to study a variety of issues in labor economics, including work sharing effect on job creation or productivity, labor relations or adaptation...

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Globalization and Labor Market Outcomes : Wage Bargaining, Search Frictions, and Firm Heterogeneity

Felbermayr, Gabriel; Prat, Julien; Schmerer, Hans-Jörg - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

We introduce search unemployment à la Pissarides into Melitz (2003) model of trade with heterogeneous firms. We allow … effect of trade influences labor market outcomes. Trade liberalization lowers unemployment and raises real wages as long as …

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Employment Stability of Entrants in Newly Founded Firms : A Matching Approach Using Linked Employer-Employee Data from Germany

Schnabel, Claus; Kohaut, Susanne; Brixy, Udo - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

Using a linked employer-employee dataset and taking the perspective of individuals rather than firms, this paper analyzes some effects of joining start-ups. We show that entrants in new firms differ from those joining incumbent firms, and we use a matching approach to compare a group of...

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