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Folgen der Hartz-Reformen für die Beschäftigung
Launov, Andrey; Wälde, Klaus - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 94 (2014) 2, pp. 112-117
Klaus Wälde zeigen, dass die Hartz-IV-Gesetze keinen erwähnenswerten Beitrag zur Reduktion der Arbeitslosigkeit lieferten …After the Hartz reforms of 2003-2005, unemployment in Germany has gone down significantly. Using a structural … less than 0.1 percentage point of the decline in the observed unemployment rate. A substantial degree of influence, to the …
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First fired, first hired? Business cycles and immigrant labor market transitions
Xu, Huanan - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 8 (2018) 19, pp. 1-36
monthly transitions among employment, unemployment, and nonparticipation. Immigrants are found to be first fired and first … hired over the business cycle, and the aggregate unemployment gap is caused by immigrants' higher rates in the unemployment …
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Sozialrechtliche Regelbedarfsleistungen: Kritik und Reformbedarf
Schüssler, Reinhard - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 95 (2015) 1, pp. 63-67
Das Bundesverfassungsgericht hat 2010 die sozialrechtlichen Regelbedarfsleistungen für verfassungswidrig erklärt und Nachbesserungen gefordert. Im Juli 2014 hat nun das Bundesverfassungsgericht die eingeleiteten Maßnahmen als gerade noch verfassungsgemäß bewertet. Um aktuell die...
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Anstieg der Altersarmut? Anmerkungen zu einem Gutachten des wissenschaftlichen Beirats beim Bundeswirtschaftsministerium
Faik, Jürgen; Köhler-Rama, Tim - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 93 (2013) 3, pp. 159-163
Das Problem der Altersarmut ist in Deutschland in jüngster Zeit in den sozialpolitischen Fokus gerückt. In starkem Kontrast zu bislang vorliegenden empirischen Arbeiten behauptet ein aktuell veröffentlichtes Gutachten des wissenschaftlichen Beirats beim Bundeswirtschaftsministerium, dass sich...
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EU Contribution to Support Developing Countries
Popa, Diana - In: CES Working Papers 4 (2012) 2, pp. 204-220
The paper deals with the EU aid concerning to improved the economic situation from developing countries. Therefore, the aim of this research is to identify how EU states contribute to helping poor countries, members of the World Trade Organization. For the beginning, we define the EU’position...
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Gaps in Economic Development Inter and Intra European Union States
Diaconu, Laura; Maxim, Andrei - In: CES Working Papers 5 (2013) 4, pp. 484-496
Economic development is a subject that generates much controversy, mainly because of the widening gaps between poor and rich nations. In the present paper, we intend to identify and explain the differences that exist both between and within the European Union states, from an economic development...
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Well-Being Inequality and the Economic Crisis: Evidence from Life in Transition Surveys in Eastern Europe
Botezat, Alina; Baciu, Livia - In: CES Working Papers 6 (2014) 2, pp. 22-31
This paper examines the relationship between well-being inequality and the economic crisis for countries from Central and Eastern Europe. Using data from Life in Transition Surveys waves 2006 and 2010, we assess the level of happiness gap by computing the instrument-effect-corrected standard...
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An Assesment of the Policies Concerning the EU Sustainable Development Strategy
Weiszenbacher, Arnold - In: CES Working Papers 6 (2014) 2a, pp. 186-200
Sustainable development has been now for more than 15 years, at the center of the objectives of the EU, being already enshrined in the Amsterdam Treaty of 1997. The basic concern of this now ubiquitous term is to assure the current generation’s demands will be fulfilled without endangering the...
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Warum gibt es viel mehr Armutsgefährdete als Bezieher von Grundsicherungsleistungen?
Schüssler, Reinhard - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 95 (2015) 8, pp. 556-562
Armut ist ein weiter Begriff. Die Kriterien, wann Armut anfängt, sind durchaus umstritten. So erhalten in Deutschland gut 9% der Bevölkerung Grundsicherungsleistungen, nach den EU-weit einheitlichen Laeken-Indikatoren sind aber über 20% armutsgefährdet. Ein Blick auf die jeweiligen...
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Considering the benefits of hosting refugees: Evidence of refugee camps influencing local labour market activity and economic welfare in Rwanda
Loschmann, Craig; Bilgili, Özge; Siegel, Melissa - In: IZA Journal of Development and Migration 9 (2019) 5, pp. 1-23
This paper examines the influence of Congolese refugees on host communities in Rwanda, with a focus on labour market activity and economic welfare. The analysis takes advantage of newly collected survey data from three refugee camps and their surrounding areas to compare individuals and...
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