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Macroeconomic Conditions and the Distribution of Income in Spain

Farré, Lidia; Vella, Francis - 2007

This paper analyzes the impact of changes in macroeconomic conditions on the income distribution in Spain. Using …

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Migration, Crisis and Adjustment in an Enlarged E(M)U : The Spanish Perspective

Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - 2014

towards enlarged-EU citizens. Then we discuss the importance of inflows and stocks of enlarged-EU migrants in Spain, including …

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Feeling Useless : The Effect of Unemployment on Mental Health in the Great Recession

Farré, Lidia - 2015

This article documents a strong connection between unemployment and mental disorders using data from the Spanish Health Survey. We exploit the collapse of the construction sector to identify the causal effect of job loss. Our results suggest that an increase of the unemployment rate by 10...

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Immigrants from Eastern Partnership (EaP) Countries in Spain

Farré, Lidia - 2013

Most EaP migrants in Spain come from Ukraine, followed by, to a much lesser extent, Moldavia, Armenia, and Georgia …. Relative to other migrants, they are those who most recently arrived to Spain. Despite being considerably more educated than … natives and other migrants, they are less likely to work than natives and other migrants upon arrival to Spain. Using data …

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Evaluating the German "Mini-Job" reform using a natural experiment

Caliendo, Marco; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: Applied economics 42 (2010) 19/21, pp. 2475-2489

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Identifying effect heterogeneity to improve the efficiency of job creation schemes in Germany

Caliendo, Marco; Hujer, Reinhard; Thomsen, Stephen L. - In: Applied economics 40 (2008) 7/9, pp. 1101-1122

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The Threat Effect of Participation in Active Labor Market Programs on Job Search Behavior of Migrants in Germany

Bergemann, Annette - 2011

Labor market programs may affect unemployed individuals' behavior before they enroll. Such ex ante effects may differ according to ethnic origin. We apply a novel method that relates self-reported perceived treatment rates and job search behavioral outcomes, such as the reservation wage or...

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The IZA Evaluation Dataset : Towards Evidence-Based Labor Policy-Making

Caliendo, Marco - 2011

The evaluation of labor market policies has become an important issue in many European countries. In recent years, many of them have opened their administrative databases for evaluation studies. The advantages of administrative data are straightforward: they are accurate, contain a large number...

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Marginal Employment, Unemployment Duration and Job Match Quality

Caliendo, Marco - 2012

In some countries including Germany unemployed workers can increase their income during job search by taking up "marginal employment" up to a threshold without any deduction from their benefits. Marginal employment can be considered as a wage subsidy as it lowers labour costs for firms owing to...

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Fighting Youth Unemployment : The Effects of Active Labor Market Policies

Caliendo, Marco - 2012

A substantial number of young unemployed participate in active labor market programs (ALMP) in Germany each year. While the aims of these programs are clear – a fast re-integration into employment or enrollment in further education – a comprehensive analysis of their effectiveness has yet to...

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