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Spend-and-Tax : A Panel Data Investigation for the EU
Afonso, António - 2009
Using bootstrap panel analysis, allowing for cross-country correlation, without the need of pre-testing for unit roots, we study the causality between government spending and revenue for the EU in the period 1960-2006. We find spend-and-tax causality for Italy, France, Spain, Greece, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158140
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Wage Inequality in Germany : Disentangling Demand and Supply Effects
Stimmelmayr, Michael - 2021
effects on wage inequality in Germany using a dynamic computable general equilibrium (CGE) model of the Auerbach …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316312
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Work and Wage Dynamics Around Childbirth
Ejrnaes, Mette - 2012
This study investigates how the first childbirth affects the wage processes of highly attached women. We estimate a flexible fixed effects wage regression model extended with post-birth fixed effects by the control function approach. Register data on West Germany are used and we exploit the...
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Income Support, (Un-)Employment and Well-Being
Hetschko, Clemens - 2016
Using specific panel data of German welfare benefit recipients, we investigate the non-pecuniary life satisfaction effects of in-work benefits. Our empirical strategy combines difference-in-difference designs with synthetic control groups to analyze transitions of workers between unemployment,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012984507
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On the Causes of Brexit
Arnorsson, Agust - 2016
We analyse the voting pattern in the June 23rd referendum on the continued participation of the United Kingdom in the European Union and evaluate the reasons for the results. We find that regions where GDP per capita is low, a high proportion of people have low education, a high proportion is...
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What Do We Really Know About Fiscal Sustainability in the EU? A Panel Data Diagnostic
Afonso, António; Rault, Christophe - 2021
We assess the sustainability of public finances in the EU15 using stationarity and cointegration analysis. Specifically, we use panel unit root tests of the first and second generation allowing in some cases for structural breaks. We also apply modern panel cointegration techniques developed by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316576
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The Structure of the Permanent Job Wage Premium : Evidence from Europe
Kahn, Lawrence M. - 2014
Using longitudinal data on individuals from the European Community Household Panel for thirteen countries during 1995-2001, I investigate the wage premium for permanent jobs relative to temporary jobs. For men, the wage premium for a permanent job is lower for older workers and native born...
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Unemployment Risk and Wage Differentials
Pinheiro, Roberto - 2014
Workers in less secure jobs are often paid less than identical-looking workers in more secure jobs. We show that this lack of compensating differentials for unemployment risk can arise in equilibrium when all workers are identical and firms differ only in job security (i.e. the probability that...
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Multitasking and Wages
Goerlich, Dennis; Snower, Dennis J. - 2021
This paper sheds light on how changes in the organization of work can help to understand increasing wage inequality. We … within education groups, our theory helps to explain (1) rising wage inequality between groups, and (2) rising wage … inequality within groups. Under certain assumptions, it also helps to explain (3) the polarization of the income distribution …
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Flexible Outsourcing and the Impacts of Labour Taxation in European Welfare States
Koskela, Erkki; Poutvaara, Panu - 2021
In European Welfare States, low-skilled workers are typically unionized, while the wage formation of high-skilled workers is more competitive. To focus on this aspect, we analyze how flexible international outsourcing and labour taxation affect wage formation, employment and welfare in dual...
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