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Labour Supply and Labour Force Participation in Europe, A Discussion of Some Recent Developments and Projections

Chagny, Odile; Döpke, Jörg; Plane, Mathieu; Schmidt, … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2001

covering the development on an aggregate level. Estimations to shed light on the relation between unemployment and labour force … years. However, the impact of this development on unemployment is rather limited. …

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Superstatistics of Labour Productivity in Manufacturing and Nonmanufacturing Sectors

Ikeda, Yuichi; Fujiwara, Yoshi; Aoyama, Hideaki; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2008

Labour productivity distribution (dispersion) is studied both theoretically and empirically. Superstatistics is presented as a natural theoretical framework for productivity. The demand index ê is proposed within this framework as a new business index. Japanese productivity data covering...

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Distribution of Labour Productivity in Japan over the Period 1996-2006

Souma, Wataru; Ikeda, Yuichi; Iyetomi, Hiroshi; … - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

The distribution of labour productivity is investigated by analyzing the longitudinal micro-level data set which contains detailed financial condition of large numbers of Japanese companies over the period 1996-2006. The generalized beta function of the second kind is applied to explain the...

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EU Biofuel Policies In Practise - A Carbon Map for Kalimantan and Sumatra

Lange, Mareike - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013

requirements for biofuel production adopted by the European Commission (EU-RED) for Kalimantan and Sumatra in Indonesia. Based on …

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On the source of risk aversion in Indonesia using micro data 2007

Sanjaya, Muhammad Ryan - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013

risk preference. This study tried to see if these potential determinants together affect risk aversion in Indonesia using …

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The Returns to Occupational Foreign Language Use: Evidence from Germany

Stoehr, Tobias - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013

This paper analyses the wage premia associated with workers' occupational use of foreign languages in Germany. After eliminating time-invariant unobserved heterogeneity and other confounding factors, sizable returns of about 10 percent to applying fluent English skills are found. Returns to...

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Occupational upgrading and the business cycle in West Germany

Büttner, Thomas; Jacobebbinghaus, Peter; Ludsteck, Johannes - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

The occupational skill structure depends on the business cycle if employers respond to shortages of applicants during upturns by lowering their hiring standards. The notion and relevance of hiring standards adjustment was advanced by Reder and investigated formally in a search-theoretic...

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Zur Reform der deutschen Arbeitslosenversicherung ; Probleme und Lösungsansätze in der deutschen Literatur

Glismann, Hans H.; Schrader, Klaus - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2000

Ausgangspunkt der Analyse ist der Anstieg der Arbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland seit den siebziger Jahren. Es wird … untersucht, ob die Arbeitslosenversicherung dazu beigetragen hat, die Arbeitslosigkeit zu senken. Die deskriptive Analyse und …>The analysis is about the compulsory German unemployment insurance system (GUIS). It is known that GUIS has done nothing to prevent …

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Alternative Systeme der Arbeitslosenversicherung, Das Beispiel der Vereinigten Staaten und des Vereinigten Königreichs

Glismann, Hans H.; Schrader, Klaus - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2001

keine Arbeitslosenversicherung im herkömmlichen Sinne: Die Einkommenssicherung bei Arbeitslosigkeit erfolgt durch die … großen Teil an der Nachfrage nach Arbeit ansetzt. <p>Comparing the unemployment insurance systems of the United States and of … the United Kingdom it is shown that the US unemployment insurance (UI) is the only system that provides for a negative …

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Zur Einführung privater Arbeitslosenversicherungen in Deutschland

Glismann, Hans H.; Schrader, Klaus - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2003

System der Absicherung von Arbeitslosigkeit zu einem individualistischen Trennsystem zu bewältigen. Zunächst wird die … unemployment insurance, using data of the year 2000. It is shown how much the individual employee would have to invest for a … variety of unemployment payments and for a variety of individual "real" risks. In addition, it is demonstrated that each …

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