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Income Taxation and Household Size: Would French Family Splitting Make German Families Better Off?
Baclet, Alexandre; Dell, Fabien; Wrohlich, Katharina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
In this paper, we address the question whether family support via the income tax system is more generous in France than … in Germany, as it is often claimed in the public debate. We use two micro-data sets and a micro-simulation model to … compare effective average tax rates for different household types in France and Germany. Our analysis shows that the popular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762279
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Kick It Like Özil? Decomposing the Native-Migrant Education Gap
Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; Schüller, Simone - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
family background, thus face similar difficulties as migrant children. Our results point at more general inequalities in … secondary schooling in Germany which are not migrant-specific. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960127
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How General Is Human Capital? A Task-Based Approach
Gathmann, Christina; Schönberg, Uta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper studies how portable skill accumulated in the labor market are. Using rich data on tasks performed in occupations, we propose the concept of task-specific human capital to measure the transferability of skills empirically. Our results on occupational mobility and wages show that labor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762180
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Youth Unemployment in Europe: What to Do about It?
Eichhorst, Werner; Hinte, Holger; Rinne, Ulf - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Youth unemployment has become a severe economic and societal problem in many European countries. This paper gives an overview of the current situation and assesses different policy options. It emphasizes the role of stronger intra-EU mobility of young workers, policies to make vocational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990944
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Can Active Labour Market Policies Combat Youth Unemployment?
Maibom Pedersen, Jonas; Rosholm, Michael; Svarer, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Active labour market policies (ALMPs) may play an important role in preventing an increase in long-term unemployment following the Great Recession. We consider this issue for Denmark, a country relying extensively on this instrument. We present evidence on the effectiveness of ALMPs as a way of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884168
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Youth Unemployment in Belgium: Diagnosis and Key Remedies
Cockx, Bart - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
In Belgium youth unemployment is structurally higher than the European (EU27) average, in particular for the low educated. In this study we set a diagnosis of the main structural factors and advance key remedies. We analyze the system of employment protection, education and passive and active...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884378
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Sanctions for Young Welfare Recipients
den Berg, Gerard J. van; Uhlendorff, Arne; Wolff, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Social welfare systems usually imply specific obligations for benefit recipients. If a recipient does not comply with these obligations, a sanction involving a punitive benefits reduction may be imposed. In this paper we give an overview of the literature on the effects of sanctions in social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959538
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Testing the Importance of Search Frictions, Matching, and Reservation Prestige Through Randomized Experiments in Jordan
Groh, Matthew; McKenzie, David; Shammout, Nour; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Unemployment rates for tertiary-educated youth in Jordan are high, as is the duration of unemployment. Two randomized experiments in Jordan were used to test different theories that may explain this phenomenon. The first experiment tests the role of search and matching frictions by providing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959596
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Intergenerational Transmission of Unemployment: Evidence for German Sons
Mäder, Miriam; Müller, Steffen; Riphahn, Regina T.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
survey data that cover the last decades we find significant positive correlations. Using instrumental variables estimation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010959626
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Policy Discontinuity and Duration Outcomes
den Berg, Gerard J. van; Bozio, Antoine; Costa Dias, Monica - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Causal effects of a policy change on hazard rates of a duration outcome variable are not identified from a comparison of spells before and after the policy change, if there is unobserved heterogeneity in the effects and no model structure is imposed. We develop a discontinuity approach that...
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