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Flexicurity, taxes and job reallocation
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010509657
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003850508
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On the determinants of labour market institutions : rent-sharing vs. social insurance
Agell, Jonas - 2000
What determines the structure of labour market institutions? This paper argues that common explanations based on rent sharing are incomplete; unions, job protection, and egalitarian pay structures may have as much to do with social insurance of otherwise uninsurable risks as with rent sharing and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009786721
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How do migrants choose their destination country? : an analysis of institutional determinants
Geis, Wido; Übelmesser, Silke; Werding, Martin - 2008
micro-data for France, Germany, the UK and the US, we study their decisions to migrate to one of the four countries using a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003805994
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Privatization experiences in France
Berne, Michel; Pogorel, Gérard - 2004
France lived through a long period of nationalization until the early 1980s, when nearly all the largest industrials … telecommunications operator France Telecom was simultaneously subjected to the deregulation of the telecom market in the world and to a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401332
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003790981
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Labour market institutions and their effect on labour market performance in the new EU member countries
Fialová, Kamila (contributor);  … - 2008
This article focuses on the role of labour market institutions in explaining different labour market developments in European countries, with a special attention to the new European Union member countries. This may allow us to analyse effects of various institutional setups and of their changes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003763951
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Unemployment in an interdependent world
Felbermayr, Gabriel; Larch, Mario; Lechthaler, Wolfgang - 2009
We introduce search and matching unemployment into a model of trade with differentiated goods and heterogeneous firms. Countries may differ with respect to size, geographical location, and labor market institutions. Contrary to the literature, our single-sector perspective pays special attention...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003887183
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"Unwarranted" wage changes and the return on capital
Katsimē, Margarita; Kalyvitēs, Sarantēs; Moutos, Thomas - 2009
Casual empiricism suggests that unwarrantedʺ wage changes, defined as the part of wage growth that is not explained by changes in labour productivity, are negatively associated with the return on capital. The main point of this paper is to show that unwarrantedʺ wage changes have no causal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003887514
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Reduction of employment protection in Europe : a comparative fuzzy-set analysis
Ochel, Wolfgang; Rohwer, Anja - 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/10003897340