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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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Macroeconometric evaluation of active labour market policies in Germany : a dynamic panel approach using regional data

Hujer, Reinhard; Blien, Uwe; Caliendo, Marco; Zeiss, … - 2002

Most evaluation studies of active labour market policies (ALMP) focus on the microeconometric evaluation approach using individual data. However, as the microeconometric approach usually ignores impacts on the non-participants, it should be seen as a first step to a complete evaluation which has...

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Cross-national differences in wealth portfolios at the intensive margin : is there a role for policy?

Doorley, Karina; Sierminska, Eva - 2014

Using harmonized wealth data and a novel decomposition approach in this literature, we show that cohort effects exist in the income profiles of asset and debt portfolios for a sample of European countries, the U.S. and Canada. We find that the association between household wealth portfolios at...

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Design and effectiveness of start-up subsidies: evidence from a policy reform in Germany

Caliendo, Marco; Tübbicke, Stefan - 2021

While a growing body of literature finds positive impacts of Start-Up Subsidies (SUS) on labor market outcomes of participants, little is known about how the design of these programs shapes their effectiveness and hence how to improve policy. As experimental variation in program design is...

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Start-ups by the unemployed: characteristics, survival and direct employment effects

Caliendo, Marco (contributor); … - 2007

only the end of unemployment for the new entrepreneur but also some further positive effects, e.g., direct job creation … heterogeneous. -- Start-up subsidies ; self-employment ; unemployment ; direct employment effects ; survival …

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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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“I want to, but I also need to” : start-ups resulting from opportunity and necessity

Caliendo, Marco; Kritikos, Alexander - 2009

, namely their unemployment, likely prompted their decision. In contrast to this, business founders who have been previously … unemployment. -- Entrepreneurship ; push and pull motives ; survival and failure ; job creation …

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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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Benefit duration, unemployment duration and job match quality : a regression-discontinuity approach

Caliendo, Marco; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2009

The generosity of the Unemployment Insurance system (UI) plays a central role for the job search behavior of unemployed … entitlement, has a negative impact on the job search activities of the unemployed increasing their unemployment duration. Despite … the disincentive effect of UI on unemployment duration, UI benefit generosity may also increase job match quality by …

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