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Immigrant supply shocks are typically expected to reduce the wage of comparable workers. Natives may respond to the lower wage by moving to markets that were not directly targeted by immigrants and where presumably the wage did not drop. This paper argues that the wage change observed in the...
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Employment rates in the United States fell dramatically between February 2020 and April 2020 as the initial repercussions of the COVID-19 pandemic reverberated through the labor market. This paper uses data from the CPS Basic Monthly Files to document that the employment decline was particularly...
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suggest that a more progressive tax schedule reduces the unemployment rate and increases the employment rate. These findings …
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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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-employment. -- Self-employment ; state dependence ; labor market dynamics ; unemployment …
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, 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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. 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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Turning unemployment into self-employment has become a major focus of German active labour market policy (ALMP) in … recent years. If effective, this would not only reduce Germany’s persistently high unemployment rate, but also increase its …
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market policy ; unemployment …
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Turning unemployment into self-employment has become an increasingly important part of active labor market policies …
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