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Reduction of Employment Protection in Europe : A Comparative Fuzzy-Set Analysis
Ochel, Wolfgang; Hülsewig, Anja - 2021
Since the middle of the 1980s many European countries have reduced the strictness of their employment protection mainly by relaxing it for temporary jobs. These countries are Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. The article explores the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316301
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Reduction of Employment Protection in Europe: A Comparative Fuzzy-Set Analysis
Ochel, Wolfgang; Rohwer, Anja - CESifo - 2009
Since the middle of the 1980s many European countries have reduced the strictness of their employment protection mainly by relaxing it for temporary jobs. These countries are Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden. The article explores the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008534054
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Flexicurity in Belgium. A Proposal Based on Economic Principles
Cockx, Bart; Linden, Bruno Van der - CESifo - 2009
The current unemployment insurance and employment protection legislation were set up in an environment in which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004979397
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The Political Economy of Two-tier Reforms of Employment Protection in Europe
Ochel, Wolfgang - CESifo - 2008
Reforms of employment protection (EPL) in Europe eased the recourse to temporary forms of employment while not reducing the strictness of EPL of permanent jobs (with the exception of Spain). Since 1990, such two-tier reforms have been implemented in Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Italy, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005405930
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Politics, Unemployment, and the Enforcement of Immigration Law
Makowsky, Michael D. - 2012
hypothesis that locals will provide more tips to the enforcement agency when unemployment is high, we find that the number of … audits conducted grows with increased local unemployment. We also find that a congressman's party affiliation and its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107354
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Labor Courts, Nomination Bias, and Unemployment in Germany
Berger, Helge - 2006
unemployment, even after controlling for the endogeneity of court activity. The results have potentially important policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779784
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Labour Market Institutions and Their Effect on Labour Market Performance in the New EU Member Countries
Fialová, Kamila - 2008
various performance indicators (unemployment, long-term unemployment, employment, activity rate). Our results confirm that … high taxes increase unemployment, while active labour market policies tend to reduce it. We also show that stricter …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012769662
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Labor Market Regulation and the Legal System
Hefeker, Carsten; Neugart, Michael - CESifo - 2007
When enacting labor market regulation governments face courts that interpret and implement the legal code. We show that the incentives for governments for labor market reform increase with the uncertainty that is involved in the implementation of legal codes through courts. Given that judges...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005013035
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Labour Market Institutions and their Effect on Labour Market Performance in the New EU Member Countries
Fialová, Kamila; Schneider, Ondrej - CESifo - 2008
performance indicators (unemployment, long-term unemployment, employment, activity rate). Our results confirm that high taxes … increase unemployment, while active labour market policies tend to reduce it. We also show that stricter employment protection …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005094425
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What Do We Know About the Relationship Between Regionalized Aspects of the Unemployment Insurance System and Internal Migration in Canada?
Day, Kathleen M. - 2011
between internal migration and regional variation in the generosity of Canada's unemployment insurance system. It has long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013124105