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Flexible Arbeitswelten: Eine Bestandsaufnahme
Eichhorst, Werner; Tobsch, Verena - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Der Arbeitsmarkt und die Arbeitswelt in Deutschland befinden sich in einem schon länger andauernden Veränderungsprozess …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884066
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Green Jobs: Erlebt Deutschland sein grünes Beschäftigungswunder?
Pestel, Nico - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
diesem Beitrag wird die gegenwärtige Daten- und Faktenlage im Hinblick auf Green Jobs in Deutschland dargestellt. Es zeigt … grünen Sektor zu erwarten sind. Die Frage, ob Deutschland sein „grünes Beschäftigungswunder“ erlebt, bleibt (noch) offen. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884070
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Vom kranken Mann zum Vorbild Europas: Kann Deutschlands Arbeitsmarkt noch vom Ausland lernen?
Eichhorst, Werner - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
In den letzten zwanzig Jahren hat die Bedeutung internationaler Vergleiche für die Bewertung der Arbeitsmarkt- und … ausländischen Erfahrungen für die Gestaltung von Arbeitsmarkt- und Sozialstaatsreformen gelernt werden kann. Skepsis ist angebracht …. Auch legt der Blick auf jüngste internationale Arbeitsmarktentwicklungen Zurückhaltung nahe: Galt Deutschland noch Anfang …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009367497
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Das Wirtschaftswunderjahr 2009
Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Trotz des größten Wirtschaftseinbruchs in der deutschen Nachkriegsgeschichte hat die internationale Krise die Bürger kaum erreicht. Das wird sich mittelfristig bedrohlich ändern, wenn es nicht gelingt, rechtzeitig eine aufziehende Kreditklemme und eine bedrohlich wachsende Staatsverschuldung...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615413
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The Effects of the Minimum Wage on Wages, Employment and Prices
Lemos, Sara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper puts together evidence for the wages, employment and price effects of the minimum wage. This overall picture will help to understand the small employment effects prevalent in the literature in the light of price effects. The data used is an under-explored monthly Brazilian household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822091
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Political Variables as Instruments for the Minimum Wage
Lemos, Sara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
Following the early 1980s apparent consensus, there has been a controversial debate in the literature over the direction of the minimum wage employment effect. Explanations to nonnegative effects range from theoretical to empirical identification and data issues. An explanation, however, that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763846
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Are Wage and Employment Effects Robust to Alternative Minimum Wage Variables?
Lemos, Sara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
A national minimum wage cannot explain variation in wages or employment across regions. Identification of the effect of the minimum wage separately from the effect of other variables on wages or employment requires regional variation. Many minimum wage variables with regional variation have been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761644
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The Effect of the Minimum Wage on Prices
Lemos, Sara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
It is well established in the international literature that minimum wage increases compress the wages distribution. Firms respond to these higher labour costs by reducing employment, reducing profits, or raising prices. While there are hundreds of studies on the employment effect of the minimum...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761755
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The Effects of the Minimum Wage in the Formal and Informal Sectors in Brazil
Lemos, Sara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
The minimum wage literature is very limited on empirical evidence for developing countries. This already limited literature is even more limited on the effects of the minimum wage in the informal sector, where most of the poor are. Extending the understanding of minimum wage effects both in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761841
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A Menu of Minimum Wage Variables for Evaluating Wages and Employment Effects: Evidence from Brazil
Lemos, Sara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
The international literature on minimum wage greatly lacks empirical evidence from developing countries. Brazil’s minimum wage policy is a distinctive and central feature of the Brazilian economy. Not only are increases in the minimum wage large and frequent but the minimum wage has also been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761933