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Tax Policy and Income Inequality in the U.S., 1978-2009: A Decomposition Approach

Bargain, Olivier; Dolls, Mathias; Immervoll, Herwig; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

We assess the effects of U.S. tax policy reforms on inequality by applying a new decomposition method that allows us to disentangle mechanical effects due to changes in pre-tax incomes from direct effects of policy reforms. While tax reforms implemented under Democrat administrations, in...

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Reforming an Insider-Outsider Labor Market: The Spanish Experience

Bentolila, Samuel; Dolado, Juan José; Jimeno, Juan F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This paper presents a case study on reforming a very dysfunctional labor market with a deep insider-outsider divide, namely the Spanish case. We show how a dual market, with permanent and temporary employees makes real reform much harder, and leads to purely marginal changes that do not alter...

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Unemployment of Non-western Immigrants in the Great Recession

Cerveny, Jakub; Ours, Jan C. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper examines whether unemployment of non-western immigrant workers in the Netherlands was disproportionally … affected by the Great Recession. We analyze unemployment data covering the period November 2007 to February 2013 finding that … the Great Recession affected unemployment rates of non-western immigrant workers in absolute terms more than unemployment …

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What Effects Do Macroeconomic Conditions Have on Families' Time Together?

Morrill, Melinda Sandler; Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Statistics data on state-level unemployment rates. Couple time together is U-shaped; while fathers spend more time engaging in … enriching childcare activities without a spouse present as the unemployment rate rises. Patterns are similar for dual …

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Two-Tier Labor Markets in the Great Recession: France vs. Spain

Bentolila, Samuel; Cahuc, Pierre; Dolado, Juan José; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This paper analyzes the strikingly different response of unemployment to the Great Recession in France and Spain. Their … labor market institutions are similar and their unemployment rates just before the crisis were both around 8%. Yet, in … France, unemployment rate has increased by 2 percentage points, whereas in Spain it has shot up to 19% by the end of 2009. We …

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Is Germany the North Star of Labor Market Policy?

Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Germany's recovery from an unemployment disease and its resilience to the Great Recession is remarkable. Its success …

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Australia: The Miracle Economy

Junankar, Pramod N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

made in terms of several macroeconomic indicators, GDP, Unemployment, Inflation, Current Account Balances, and debt. …

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What Explains the German Labor Market Miracle in the Great Recession?

Burda, Michael C.; Hunt, Jennifer - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Germany experienced an even deeper fall in GDP in the Great Recession than the United States, with little employment loss. Employers' reticence to hire in the preceding expansion, associated in part with a lack of confidence it would last, contributed to an employment shortfall equivalent to 40...

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