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Kurzarbeit: Sinnvoller Konjunkturpuffer oder verlängertes Arbeitslosengeld?
Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Angesichts der gegenwärtigen Rezession hat die Politik in Deutschland die Leistungen der Kurzarbeit ausgeweitet, indem … Unternehmens verantwortlich sind, behindert das Instrument eine nachhaltige Arbeitsmarktpolitik. Zur Vermeidung von …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615425
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R&D and Employment: Some Evidence from European Microdata
Bogliacino, Francesco; Piva, Mariacristina; Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
. However, the positive and significant impact of R&D expenditures on employment is detectable in services and high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009246701
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Sectoral Explanations of Employment in Europe: The Role of Services
Antonello D’Agostino; Serafini, Roberta; Ward, Melanie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This paper investigates the determinants of the service sector employment share in the EU- 15, for the aggregate service sector, four sub-sectors and twelve service sector branches. Recently, both Europe and the US have experienced an increase in the share of servicerelated jobs in total...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763842
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Greasing the Wheels of International Commerce: How Services Facilitate Firms' International Sourcing
Debaere, Peter; Görg, Holger; Raff, Horst - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We use unique plant-level data to study the link between the local availability of services and the decision of … international sourcing of materials depends on a firm’s productivity and the availability of local services. These predictions are … materials to sales. In addition, we find evidence that services grease the wheels of international commerce: A greater …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008480922
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Raising Female Employment: Reflexions and Policy Tools
Garibaldi, Pietro; Wasmer, Etienne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
While there is consensus on the need to raise the time spent in the market by European women, it is not clear how these goals should be achieved. Tax wedges, assistance in the job search process, and part-time jobs are policy instruments that are widely debated in policy circles. The paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822033
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‘Marginal Employment’: Stepping Stone or Dead End? Evaluating the German Experience
Freier, Ronny; Steiner, Viktor - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
with a small negative cumulative earnings effect for older workers in west Germany. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822715
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Youth Unemployment in India: From a European and Transitional Labour Market Point of View
Schmid, Günther - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
statistical landscape of various measures for youth unemployment in Europe compared to India and in particular to Germany. Second … can be derived and illustrated by good practice examples from Europe, in particular Germany. Third, because a large part … Austria, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands. The theoretical framework for these lessons is taken from the concept of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011118271
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Youth Unemployment in Korea: From a German and Transitional Labour Market Point of View
Schmid, Günther - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
’ youth labour force was unemployed compared to 21.4 percent in EU-27 in 2011. Germany, with a youth unemployment rate of 8 … unemployment rate of adults aged 45 to 54; in Germany, this figure is only 1.7. Further peculiarities come up if unemployment is … times of recession. The main part is devoted to possible lessons for Korea from Europe, in particular from Germany. Dual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884388
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Inclusive Growth: What Future for the European Social Model?
Schmid, Günther - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This essay starts, after a short introduction on the importance and dimensions of “inclusive growth”, with a brief empirical sketch on to what extent Europe has already succeeded with respect to this ambitious goal. The result is quite sobering and gives rise to the question: why is it so?...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884390
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Non-Standard Employment and Labour Force Participation: A Comparative View of the Recent Development in Europe
Schmid, Günther - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper presents – in a new way of examination and portrayal – the extent and changes of nonstandard employment relationships (part-time work, fixed-term contracts, and self-employment) in 24 EU member states at two points of time, in 1998 and 2008, on the basis of the European Labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008548712