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Schlicht, Ekkehart - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2009

Applicants for any given job are more or less suited to fill it, and the firm will select the best among them. Increasing the wage offer attracts more applicants and makes it possible to raise the hiring standard and improve the productivity of the staff. Wages that optimize on the trade-off...

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The Effect of Low-Wage Subsidies on Skills and Employment

Oskamp, Frank; Snower, Dennis J. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2006

We explore the far-reaching implications of low-wage subsidies on skill formation, aggregate employment and welfare. Low-wage subsidies have three important effects. First, they promote employment of low-skilled workers (who tend to be the ones who earn low wages). Second, by raising the payoff...

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The impact of military work experience on later hiring chances in the civilian labour market: Evidence from a field experiment

Baert, Stijn; Balcaen, Pieter - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2013

This study directly assesses the impact of military work experience compared with civilian work experience in similar jobs on the subsequent chances of being hired in the civilian labour market. It does so through a field experiment in the Belgian labour market. A statistical examination of our...

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Active Labor Market Programs - Employment Gain or Fiscal Drain?

Brown, Alessio J. G.; Koettl, Johannes - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012

This paper provides a new perspective in classifying ALMPs depending on their main objective, also in light of their relevance and cost-effectiveness during normal times, during a crisis, and during recovery. We distinguish ALMPs that provide incentives for retaining employment, incentives for...

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Wage subsidies and international trade: When does policy coordination pay?

Braun, Sebastian; Spielmann, Christian - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2012

National labour market institutions interact across national boundaries when product markets are global. Labour market policies can thus entail spill-overs, which suggests that there are benefits from international policy coordination. This paper studies the effects of wage subsidies in an...

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Wage subsidies and international trade: When does policy coordination pay?

Braun, Sebastian; Spielmann, Christian - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010

National labour market institutions interact across national boundaries when product markets are global. Labour market policies can thus entail spill-overs, a fact widely ignored in the academic literature. This paper studies the effects of wage subsidies in an international duopoly model with...

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Who is afraid of capital mobility? On labor taxation and the level of public services in an open economy

Lorz, Jens Oliver; Stähler, Frank - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 1997

employs a model of the labor market, where national trade unions arc able to set wages above the competitive level. In a … closed economy, a higher labor tax raises wage demands of the unions and thus increases the distortion on the labor market …. With perfect international capital mobility, competition between trade unions leads to full employment, irrespective of the …

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Comparing the Effectiveness of Employment Subsidies

Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2006

This paper provides a theoretical and quantitative analysis of various types of wellknown employment subsidies. Two important questions are addressed: (i) How should employment subsidies be targeted? (ii) How large should the subsidies be? We consider measures involving targeting workers with...

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Unemployment Accounts and Employment Incentives

Brown, Alessio J. G.; Orszag, J. Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2006

We explore the far-reaching implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB) systems by an unemployment accounts (UA) system. Under the UA system, employed people are required to make ongoing contributions to their UAs and the balances in these accounts are available to them during...

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Brauchen wir einen Kombilohn?

Boss, Alfred - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2006

Wage subsidies and public transfers for the unemployed as a means for increasing employment have been intensively discussed in Germany. The paper explains which models have already been applied. In addition, it describes some recent reform proposals and analyzes what economic policy might be...

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