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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 …
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Is Religiosity of Immigrants a Bridge or a Buffer in the Process of Integration? A Comparative Study of Europe and the United States
García Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
sides of the Atlantic – Europe and the United States. Based on the existing literature and on a statistical analysis of … religious landscape of Europe and of the United States and projections for the future; (ii) religiosity of immigrants (in Europe … religiosity and integration different in Europe and in the United States, due to historical differences in the state …
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Strategies of Cooperation and Punishment among Students and Clerical Workers
Bigoni, Maria; Camera, Gabriele; Casari, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We study the individual behavior of students and workers in an experiment where they repeatedly face the same cooperative task. The data show that clerical workers differ from college students in overall cooperation rates, strategy adoption and use of punishment opportunities. Students cooperate...
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Lawyers as Agents of the Devil in a Prisoner's Dilemma Game: Evidence from Long Run Play
Ashenfelter, Orley; Bloom, David E.; Dahl, Gordon B. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Do the parties in a typical dispute face incentives similar to those in the classic prisoner's dilemma game? In this paper, we explore whether the costs and benefits of legal representation are such that each party seeks legal representation in the hope of exploiting the other party, while...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010704403
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More Hours, More Jobs? The Employment Effects of Longer Working Hours
Andrews, Martyn J.; Gerner, Hans-Dieter; Schank, Thorsten; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Increases in standard hours have been a contentious policy issue in Germany. Whilst this might directly lead to a substitution of workers by hours, there may also be a positive employment effect due to reduced costs. Moreover, the response of firms differs between firms which offer overtime and...
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The Impact of Growth, Labour Cost and Working Time on Employment: Lessons from the French Experience
L’Horty, Yannick; Rault, Christophe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
To account for employment evolutions at the macro-economic level, we propose a modelling where employment is explained by added value, working time and real labour cost. Estimations using quarterly French macro-economic data are carried out in a multivariate framework for three sets of sectors....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703692
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Effort-Based Career Opportunities and Working Time
Bratti, Massimiliano; Staffolani, Stefano - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
In this paper we describe the hypothesis of effort-based career opportunities as a situation in which profit maximizing firms create incentives for employees to work longer hours than the bargained ones, by making career prospects dependent on working hours. When effortbased career opportunities...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822839
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Real Wages, Working Time, and the Great Depression: What Does Micro Evidence Tell Us?
Hart, Robert A.; Roberts, J. Elizabeth - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Based largely on industry-level aggregate statistics, the prevailing view, and one that has strongly influenced macroeconomic thought, is that real wages during the cycle containing the Great Depression are either acyclical or countercyclical. Does this finding hold-up when more micro data are...
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Older Workers and Working Time
Bell, David N.F.; Rutherford, Alasdair C. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Contrary to much of the established literature, this paper finds that though many older workers would prefer to reduce their working hours (the overemployed), there is a significant group who would like to work longer hours (the underemployed). And contrary to the assumption that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010686908
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The Detaxation of Overtime Hours: Lessons from the French Experiment
Cahuc, Pierre; Carcillo, Stéphane - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
In October 2007 France introduced an exemption on the income tax and social security contributions that applied to wages received for hours worked overtime. The goal of the policy was to increase the number of hours worked. This article shows that this reform has had no significant impact on...
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