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Caught in the trap? : the disincentive effect of social assistance

Bargain, Olivier; Doorley, Karina - 2009

While financial incentives usually have a significant effect on the labor supply of married women and single mothers, the evidence about the participation elasticity of childless singles, and single males especially, is more scant. This is, however, important in countries like France and...

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Fiscal sustainability and demographic change : a micro approach for 27 EU countries

Dolls, Mathias; Doorley, Karina; Paulus, Alari; … - 2015

The effect of demographic change on the labor force and on fiscal revenues is topical in light of potential pension shortfalls. This paper evaluates the effect of demographic changes between 2010 and 2030 on labor force participation and government budgets in the EU-27. Our analysis involves the...

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Estimating labor-supply elasticities with joint borrowing constraints of couples

Bredemeier, Christian; Gravert, Jan; Jüßen, Falko - 2016

Estimates of Frisch labor-supply elasticities are biased in the presence of borrowing constraints. We show that this estimation bias is less pronounced for secondary than for primary earners. The reason is that, in households with two earners and joint borrowing constraints, wage-rate...

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Accounting for limited commitment between spouses when estimating labor-supply elasticities

Bredemeier, Christian; Gravert, Jan Hendrik; Jüßen, Falko - 2021

The Frisch elasticity of labor supply can be estimated by regressing hours worked on the hourly wage rate, controlling for consumption of the individual worker. However, most household panel surveys contain consumption information only at the household level. We show that proxying individual...

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Self-employment dynamics, state dependence and cross-mobility patterns

Caliendo, Marco (contributor); Uhlendorff, Arne (contributor) - 2008

-employment. -- Self-employment ; state dependence ; labor market dynamics ; unemployment …

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Income support systems, labor market policies and labor supply : the German experience

Caliendo, Marco - 2009

. Understanding the interaction between income support systems (such as unemployment benefits, social assistance, early retirement and …. The German labor market has been plagued by high and persistent unemployment in the last two decades in combination with a … be seen how future governments react to worsened economic conditions in light of these experiences. -- Unemployment …

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The German labor market after the Great Recession : successful reforms and future challenges

Caliendo, Marco; Hogenacker, Jens - 2012

economic growth in the future. -- unemployment ; labor force participation ; labor supply ; benefit systems ; public policy …

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