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Combining Micro and Macro Unemployment Duration Data

van den Berg, Gerard J.; van der Klaauw, Bas - 2000

We combine micro and macro unemployment duration data to study the effects of the business cycle on the outflow from unemployment. We allow the cycle to affect individual exit probabilities of unemployed workers as well as the composition of the total inflow into unemployment. We estimate the...

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Short-time compensation and establishment exit: An empirical analysis with French data

Calavrezo, Oana; Duhautois, Richard; Walkowiak, Emmanuelle - 2010

According to the French law, the short-time compensation (STC) program aims at avoiding redundancies during short-term downturns. Even if it does not shield establishments from redundancies (Calavrezo, Duhautois and Walkowiak, 2009a), STC can preserve an establishment's survival. This paper...

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Immigrant Adjustment in France and Impacts on the Natives

Constant, Amelie F. - 2003

The purpose of this paper is to study the immigrant performance in France and the impacts on the natives by drawing on research findings from the existing academic literature on the economics of French migration. The research questions are: how do immigrants fare with respect to wages,...

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E-Business im Dienstleistungssektor: Anwendungsmuster in europäischen Ländern

Preissl, Brigitte - In: DIW Wochenbericht 70 (2003) 34, pp. 530-536

europäischen Ländern - Deutschland, Frankreich, Italien und dem Vereinigten Königreich, hier als EU-4 bezeichnet - untersucht und …

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Lohnkosten im internationalen Vergleich

Brück, Tilman; Uhlendorff, Arne; Woweries, Malte - In: DIW Wochenbericht 71 (2004) 14, pp. 161-169

Die Arbeitskosten eines Landes dienen oft als Erklärung für seine Wettbewerbsstärke, die Standortattraktivität und die Arbeitsmarktlage. Daher stoßen internationale Arbeitskostenvergleiche auf großes öffentliches Interesse. Es existiert jedoch keine eindeutige Definition des Begriffs...

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Steuerliche Familienförderung in Frankreich und Deutschland

Wrohlich, Katharina; Dell, Fabien; Baclet, Alexandre - In: DIW Wochenbericht 72 (2005) 33, pp. 479-486

Ein Vergleich der Umverteilungswirkungen der steuerlichen Familienförderung in Deutschland und Frankreich auf Basis von … Mikrodaten zeigt, dass die Umverteilung in Deutschland eine größere Dimension hat als in Frankreich. Dies gilt sowohl für die …. Alleinstehende ohne Kinder werden in Deutschland im Vergleich zu anderen Haushaltstypen im Durchschnitt stärker belastet als in …

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The Effect of Unemployment Insurance on Unemployment Duration and the Subsequent Employment Stability

Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2004

This paper studies the effect of unemployment benefits on the unemployment and subsequent employment duration using individual data from the European Community Household Panel, for France, Germany, and the UK. The empirical analysis is based on a two-state mixed proportional hazard model...

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Sibling Rivalry: A Six Country Comparison

Wolter, Stefan C. - 2003

In this paper we analyse with the PISA data on literacy achievement of fifteen-year-old pupils in six member countries of the OECD, whether the fact of having many siblings affects the individual educational outcome. The hypothesis that we test is whether parents? resources matter for...

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Geographic Labour Mobility and Unemployment Insurance in Europe

Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2004

Conventional wisdom suggests that unemployment benefits create a stronger geographic attachment by lowering the willingness of the unemployed to accept job offers. We assess empirically the effect of benefits on geographic labour mobility using individual data from the European Community...

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How Different Are Immigrants? : A Cross-Country and Cross-Survey Analysis of Educational Achievement

Schnepf, Sylke Viola - 2004

This paper examines differences in educational achievement between immigrants and natives in ten countries with a high population of immigrant pupils: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the USA. The first step of the analysis shows...

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