benefits) have so far been neglected by economic research. A remarkable exception is an empirical study by Oyer (2008). In our … analyze the occurrence of benefits and their effects on employees' satisfaction. Our results provide evidence for economic as … well as psychological explanations. Looking at differences in firms' and employees' characteristics we find that cost …

benefits and tax credits among "comparable households. We implement this approach by estimating a discrete choice model of … direct cost of 0.3% of GDP might raise total fertility by about 0.3 point. …

welfare benefits during the working age period. This paper examines the degree of participation in social assistance …, disability and unemployment benefits across ethnic groups using register data of the entire population in the Netherlands. The … benefits. A large part of migrants' dependence can be explained by their background characteristics and immigration history but …

Energy subsidies are used widely. Although adverse from an efficiency perspective, subsidies confer private benefits on … overcoming the barriers to reform. The starting point is to look at the motives lying behind the adoption of energy subsidies … then looks at the characteristics of countries that use energy subsidies. Countries with weak institutions – often non …

: unemployment vouchers and low-wage subsidies. The unemployment vouchers are targeted exclusively at the unemployed (especially the … long-term unemployed) and are provided only for a limited period of time. The low-wage subsidies, on the other hand, are … relative to low-wage subsidies. Conversely, the greater the danger that workers come to be trapped in dead-end jobs with flat …

legal framework directly affecting part-time positions and the creation of financial incentives (subsidies and improvement …