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Can the University Save Europe?
Ritzen, Jo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Higher education is in the position to save Europe by rendering a substantial contribution to sustainable economic … in resolving or channeling the major societal questions. More European competition between universities in education and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010556213
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Immigration and the Informal Labor Market
Bosch, Mariano; Farré, Lídia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper investigates the relationship between immigration and the size of the informal or underground economy. Using regional variation for the Spanish provinces we find that the massive immigration wave between 2000 and 2009 is highly correlated to the share of unregistered employment, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011252287
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Does the Minimum Wage Have a Higher Impact on the Informal than on the Formal Labor Market? Evidence from Quasi-Experiments
Khamis, Melanie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
This paper investigates a puzzle in the literature on labor markets in developing countries: labor legislations not only have an impact on the formal labor market but also an impact on the informal sector. It has even been argued that the impact on the informal sector in the case of the minimum...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822449
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Employment Subsidies, Informal Economy and Women's Transition into Work in a Depressed Area: Evidence from a Matching Approach
Deidda, Manuela; Di Liberto, Adriana; Foddi, Marta; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
We analyze the effects of an ALMP for disadvantaged workers implemented in a depressed area of Italy. Using propensity-score matching, we find that a) the employment subsidy had a positive effect for participants on both the probability of finding a job and income, b) the outcome of the policy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196648
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Endogenous Indoctrination: Occupational Choice, the Evolution of Beliefs, and the Political Economy of Reform
Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Much of the political economy analysis of reform focuses on the conflict of interest between groups that stand to gain or lose from the competing policy proposals. In reality, there is also a lot of disagreement about the working of the policy: in addition to conflicting interests, conflicting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008506888
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Do Institutions Affect Social Preferences? Evidence from Divided Korea
Kim, Byung-Yeon; Choi, Syngjoo; Lee, Jungmin; Lee, Sokbae; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The Cold War division of Korea, regarded as a natural experiment in institutional change, provides a unique opportunity to examine whether institutions affect social preferences. We recruited North Korean refugees and South Korean students to conduct laboratory experiments eliciting social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010688392
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Sharp Teeth or Empty Mouths? Revisiting the Minimum Wage Bite with Sectoral Data
Garnero, Andrea; Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, Francois - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The paper explores the link between different institutional features of minimum wage systems and the minimum wage bite. We notably address the striking absence of studies on sectoral-level minima and exploit unique data covering 17 European countries and information from more than 1100...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010990915
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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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Migration as an Adjustment Mechanism in the Crisis? A Comparison of Europe and the United States
Jauer, Julia; Liebig, Thomas; Martin, John P.; Puhani, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
new light on this question by comparing pre- and post-crisis migration movements at the regional level in both Europe and … in Europe. Indeed, in contrast to the pre-crisis situation and the findings of previous empirical studies, there is … tentative evidence that the migration response to the crisis has been considerable in Europe, in contrast to the United States …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884205
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Steady-State Labor Supply Elasticities: A Survey
Bargain, Olivier; Peichl, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
supply elasticities for Western Europe and the US. We also investigate the relative contribution of different methodological …, both in the US and in Europe. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884275