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The Ins and Outs of Involuntary Part-time Employment
Borowczyk-Martins, Daniel; Lalé, Etienne - 2018
We develop an adjustment procedure to construct U.S. monthly time series of involuntary part-time employment stocks and flows from 1976 until today. Armed with these new data, we provide a comprehensive account of the dynamics of involuntary part-time work. Transitions from full-time to...
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Moral costs, the informal sector and unemployment
Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Larsen, Birthe - 2001
, sector division, unemployment and welfare. …
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Can insider power affect employment?
Díaz-Vázquez, Pilar; Snower, Dennis J. - 2002
Do firms reduce employment when their insiders (established, incumbent employees) claim higher wages? The conventional answer in the theoretical literature is that insider power has no influence on employment, provided that the newly hired employees (entrants) receive their reservation wages....
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Is unemployment always higher when insiders decide?
Filges, Trine; Larsen, Birthe - 2000
This paper challenges the traditional view that unemployment is high because insiders determine the union wage. The … they experience relatively less unemployment. We assume that wages are determined by a monopoly union and further that a … of lower unemployment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012142236
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Does Active Labour Market Policy Reduce Unemployment when Search is Endogenous?
Filges, Trine; Larsen, Birthe - 2000
We analyse the effects active labour market programmes (ALMPs) have on unemployment in a union wage-setting framework … case where ALMPs increase match efficiency of the marginalized workers, and show that ALMPs may increase unemployment. …
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The Impact of Youth Unemployment Policy
Filges, Trine; Larsen, Birthe - 2001
This paper examines the impact on unemployment, unemployment distribution, wages and welfare of Youth Unemployment …
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Stick, Carrot and Skill Acquisition
Filges, Trine; Larsen, Birthe - 2001
the impact of YUPs on skill division, unemployment distribution workers and aggregate unemployment. …
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Money or Joy: The Choice of Educational Type
Alstadsæter, Annette; Kolm, Anne-Sofie; Larsen, Birthe - 2005
associated with high consumption value and low effort. This increases the skill mismatch and aggregate unemployment in the …
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