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Unemployment in the European Union: Institutions, prices, and growth
Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Héctor; Snower, Dennis J. - 2004
This paper presents a reappraisal of unemployment movements in the European Union. Our analysis is based on the chain reaction theory of unemployment, which focuses on (a) the interaction among labor market adjustment processes, (b) the interplay between these adjustment processes and the...
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EU banks rating assignments: Is there heterogeneity between new and old member countries?
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Matousek, Roman; Stewart, Chris - 2010
We model EU countries' bank ratings using financial variables and allowing for intercept and slope heterogeneity. Our aim is to assess whether 'old' and 'new' EU countries are rated differently and to determine whether 'new' ones are assigned lower ratings, ceteris paribus, than 'old' ones. We...
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How Much Do Workers Actually Value Working from Home?
Nagler, Markus; Rincke, Johannes; Winkler, Erwin - 2022
Working from home (WFH) has become ubiquitous around the world. We ask how much workers actually value this job attribute. Using a stated-preference experiment, we show that German employees are willing to give up 7.7% of their earnings for WFH, but they value other job attributes more. For...
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High-Pressure, High-Paying Jobs?
Nagler, Markus; Rincke, Johannes; Winkler, Erwin - 2022
Work-related stress has reportedly increased over time. Using worker-level survey data, we build a measure of work pressure strongly associated with adverse health outcomes. In line with theories of compensating differentials, work pressure comes with a sizable earnings premium, even within...
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Picture This: Social Distance and the Mistreatment of Migrant Workers
Barsbai, Toman; Bartoš, Vojtĕch; Licuanan, Victoria; … - 2022
employers. Encouraging DWs to show their employers a family photo while providing a small gift when starting employment reduced …
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Beschäftigungseffekte der Digitalisierung: Erste Eindrücke aus dem IW-Personalpanel
Hammermann, Andrea; Stettes, Oliver - In: IW-Trends - Vierteljahresschrift zur empirischen … 42 (2015) 3, pp. 77-94
Die Sorge, dass der technische Fortschritt und der Strukturwandel Arbeitsplätze vernichten, ist nicht neu. Obwohl die Vergangenheit lehrt, dass gesamtwirtschaftlich die Beschäftigungseffekte positiv ausfallen, erzielen gegenwärtig Prognosen eine große öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit, die das...
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Ein Jahr gesetzlicher Mindestlohn: Ein Faktencheck
Lesch, Hagen; Schröder, Christoph - In: IW-Trends - Vierteljahresschrift zur empirischen … 43 (2016) 2, pp. 57-73
Die Einführung des gesetzlichen Mindestlohns dürfte rund 4 Millionen Arbeitnehmer betroffen haben. Da der Mindestlohn in einer Phase mit dynamischem Beschäftigungswachstum eingeführt wurde, waren die Auswirkungen auf den Arbeitsmarkt bisher gering. Im Januar 2015 waren die Zugänge in...
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Labor market policy: A comparative view on the costs and benefits of labor market flexibility
Kahn, Lawrence M. - 2010
collective bargaining, minimum wages, employment protection laws, unemployment insurance (UI), mandated parental leave, and …
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Labor market institutions, wages, and investment
Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2004
Labor market institutions, via their effect on the wage structure, affect the investment decisions of firms in labor markets with frictions. This observation helps explain rising wage inequality in the US, but a relatively stable wage structure in Europe in the 1980s. These different trends are...
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Employment growth, inflation and output growth: Was Phillips right? Evidence from a dynamic panel
Caporale, Guglielmo Maria; Škare, Marinko - 2011
In this paper we analyse the short- and long-run relationship between employment growth, inflation and output growth in … causality tests. The empirical results strongly support the existence of a single cointegrating relationship between employment … growth, inflation and output growth with bidirectional causality between employment growth and inflation as well as output …
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