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Davoine, Thomas; Keuschnigg, Christian - 2015

This paper considers the role of flexicurity when jobs must be reallocated from a declining, traditional sector to a … the tax schedule with three pillars of ‘flexicurity’. The optimal policy includes (i) a progressive wage tax schedule; (ii …

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The policy drivers of self-employment : new evidence from Europe

Mourougane, Annabelle; Égert, Balázs; Baker, Mark; … - 2020

Using cross-country time series panel regressions for the last two decades, this paper seeks to identify the main policy and institutional factors that explain the share of self-employment across European countries. It looks at the aggregate share of self-employed as well as its breakdown by...

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Flexicurity in Belgium : a proposal based on economic principles

Cockx, Bart; Van der Linden, Bruno - 2009

propose a reform that is explicitly guided by economic principles. -- flexicurity ; employment protection ; unemployment …

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Labor market regulation and the legal system

Hefeker, Carsten (contributor); Neugart, Michael (contributor) - 2007

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Labor market institutions and the cost of recessions

Krebs, Tom; Scheffel, Martin - 2016

This paper studies the effect of two labor market institutions, unemployment insurance (UI) and job search assistance (JSA), on the output cost and welfare cost of recessions. The paper develops a tractable incomplete-market model with search unemployment, skill depreciation during unemployment,...

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Does it matter when labor market reforms are implemented? : the role of the monetary policy environment

Lastauskas, Povilas; Stakénas, Julius - 2019

Do labor market reforms initiated in periods of loose monetary policy yield different outcomes from those that were introduced in periods when monetary tightening prevailed? Since economic theory usually pays attention to the steady state change and ignores business cycle interactions of...

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The distributional impact of labour market reforms : a model-based assessment

Röger, Werner; Varga, Janos; Veld, Jan in 't; Vogel, Lukas - 2019 - This version: 16 October 2019

This paper studies the effects of labour market reforms on the functional distribution of income in a DSGE model (Roeger et al., 2008) with skill differentiation, in which households supply three types of labour: low-, medium- and high-skilled. The households receive income from labour, tangible...

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Labor Market Institutions and Their Effect on Labor Market Performance in OECD and European Countries

Fialova, Kamila - 2011

The aim of this technical note is to shed some light on relationship between labor market institutions and labor market outcomes in the member states of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in North America and East Asia; the New Member States of the European Union who...

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Portraits of Labor Market Exclusion 2.0 : Country Policy Paper for Greece

Millan, Natalia - 2017

This report is a joint study between the European Commission (EC), the World Bank, and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). It aims to inform employment support, activation, and social inclusion policy making, through an improved understanding of labor-market...

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Employment protection versus flexicurity : on technology adoption in unionised firms

Lommerud, Kjell Erik (contributor); … - 2008

We analyse how different labour market institutions - employment protection versus flexicurity - affect technology …' incentives to invest in such technology. We find that increased flexicurity interpreted as less employment protection and a …-saving technology. -- Technology adoption ; trade unions ; employment protection ; flexicurity …

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