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Fair Earnings Tax Reforms
Ooghe, Erwin; Schokkaert, Erik; Serruys, Hannes - 2023
We characterize a measure of social welfare for linear production economies in which individuals differ in productive skills and preferences. The key feature of our measure is that it aggregates fairness gaps, defined as the difference between the money-metric utility that the individual...
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Fairness, trade, and inequality
Egger, Hartmut; Kreickemeier, Udo - 2008
firms with higher profits pay higher wages in equilibrium in order to elicit their workers' full effort. We show that in …
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Has the EMU reduced wage growth and unemployment? Testing a model of trade union behaviour
Mikosch, Heiner; Sturm, Jan-Egbert - 2011
By using a model of trade union behaviour Grüner (2010) argues that the introduction of the European Monetary Union (EMU) led to lower wage growth and lower unemployment in participating countries. Following Grüner's model, monetary centralization lets the central bank react less flexibly to...
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Work and wage dynamics around childbirth
Ejrnæs, Mette; Kunze, Astrid - 2012
identification. On the return to work after the birth, mothers' wages drop by 3 to 5.7 per cent per year of leave. We find negative …
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Working from Home, Wages, and Regional Inequality in the Light of COVID-19
Irlacher, Michael - 2020
We use the most recent wave of the German Qualifications and Career Survey and reveal a substantial wage premium in a Mincer regression for workers performing their job from home. The premium persists within narrowly defined jobs and after controlling for workplace activities and accounts to...
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Immigration and Worker-Firm Matching
Orefice, Gianluca - 2020
The process of matching between firms and workers is an important mechanism in determining the distribution of wages …
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The Labor Market Integration of Refugee Migrants in High-Income Countries
Brell, Courtney - 2020
differently in a host country's labor market, we examine employment and wages for these groups over time after arrival. There is … in employment rates than it is in wages. We also discuss how refugees are distinct in terms of other factors affecting …
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Naturalization and Labor Market Performance of Immigrants in Germany
Riphahn, Regina T. - 2018
Naturalization may be a relevant policy instrument affecting immigrant integration in host-country labor markets. We study the effect of naturalization on labor market outcomes of immigrants in Germany. We apply recent survey data and exploit a reform of naturalization rules in an instrumental...
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Vacancy Durations and Entry Wages : Evidence from Linked Vacancy-Employer-Employee Data
Kettemann, Andreas - 2019
establishment growth, vacancy filling and entry wages, we calibrate a model with directed search and ex-ante heterogeneous workers … response of vacancy filling to firm-level wages. We discuss the implications of this finding as well as potential resolutions …
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Wages and the Value of Nonemployment
Jäger, Simon - 2019
. The value of this state is therefore a fundamental determinant of wages and, in turn, labor supply and job creation. We … measure the effect of changes in the value of nonemployment on wages in existing jobs and among job switchers. Our quasi … document that wages are insensitive to UI benefit levels: point estimates imply a wage response of less than $0.01 per $1.00 UI …
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