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We estimate the employment and labour force participation effects resulting from the abolition of the marital allowance … from the Greek LFS over the period 2008:Q1-2016:Q1 we do not find any differential change in the probability of employment … not be of relevance (individuals between 50 to 64 years of age and individuals with second stage tertiary education), we …
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This paper studies the employment and reallocation effects of minimum wages in Germany in a search-and-matching model … with endogenous job search effort and vacancy posting, multiple employment levels, a progressive tax-transfer system, and …, hours worked and output without reducing employment. In frictional labor markets, however, reallocation takes time whenever …
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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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participation, which also leads to an increase in their employment probability. Our analysis considers within- and between …-effect). Furthermore, we demonstrate that partners’ employment in low-paid jobs has an effect on women’s labor market choices and outcomes …
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This paper revisits an important analysis of enterprise zones (EZs) by Ham, Swenson, İmrohoroğlu, and Song (2011), who report substantial poverty reductions from state and federal EZs, as well as improvements in other labor market outcomes. In our re-analysis, we find that a data error...
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preferences for public sector employment and employers. In fixed effects specifications, we demonstrate that feelings of job …
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attachment. Exploiting variation in labor market tightness across metropolitan areas, we show that the employment of populations … the employment of less attached workers when the central bank follows an average inflation targeting rule and when the …
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poor re-employment outcomes …
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This paper analyses the evidence of job polarization in developing and emerging economies. We carry out an extensive literature review, revealing that job polarization in these countries is only incipient compared to other advanced economies. We then examine the possible moderating aspects...
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This paper sheds new light on the effects of the minimum wage on employment from a two-sided theoretical perspective … incentives and increase job acceptance incentives. We show that sufficiently low minimum wages may do no harm to employment …
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