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The effect of child benefit on female labor supply

Magda, Iga; Kiełczewska, Aneta; Brandt, Nicola - In: IZA journal of labor policy 10 (2020) 1/17, pp. 1-18

In 2016, the Polish government introduced a large child benefit, called "Family 500+", with the aim to increase fertility and reduce child poverty. It is universal for the second and every further child and means-tested for the first child. We study the impact of the new benefit on female labor...

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Unemployment impact of product and labor market regulation : evidence from European countries

Piton, Céline; Rycx, François - In: IZA journal of labor policy 9 (2019) 1, pp. 1-32

This paper provides robust estimates of the impact of both product and labor market regulations on unemployment using … set of covariates, results show that product market deregulation overall reduces the unemployment rate. This finding is … effect: deregulation of state controls and in particular involvement in business operations tend to push up the unemployment …

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Can a search model predict the effects of an increase in the benefit duration? : evidence from the Portuguese unemployment insurance reform

Novo, Alvaro A.; Silva, André C. - In: IZA journal of labor policy 6 (2017) 3, pp. 1-14

unemployment benefits. We use the 1999 unemployment insurance reform of Portugal, a quasi-natural experiment. The reform increased … the maximum duration of benefits for three groups of agents and maintained all features of the unemployment insurance for … successfully predicts the effects on the unemployment rate, the labor force participation, and the levels of unemployment and …

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Are active labour market policies effective in activating and integrating low-skilled individuals? An international comparison

Escudero, Verónica - In: IZA journal of labor policy 7 (2018) 4, pp. 1-24

and measures aimed at vulnerable populations are more effective than other ALMPs in terms of reducing unemployment and …

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Did the Intergenerational Solidarity Pact increase the employment rate of older workers in Belgium? : a macro-econometric evaluation

Dejemeppe, Muriel; Smith, Catherine; Van der Linden, Bruno - In: IZA journal of labor policy 4 (2015), pp. 1-23

In December 2005, the Belgian government adopted the law on the Intergenerational Solidarity Pact (ISP) aimed at increasing the employment rate of older workers. The main policies of the ISP consist of a pension bonus, reductions in employers' social security contributions and measures...

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Do non-wage cost rigidities slow down employment? : evidence from Turkey

Ayhan, Sinem H. - In: IZA journal of labor policy 2 (2013), pp. 1-23

This paper examines the role of non-wage cost rigidities in slowing down employment creation by assessing the effect of a policy aimed at fostering employment for women and young men introduced in Turkey in 2008. Exploiting a difference-in-difference-in differences strategy, I assess the...

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Heterogeneous effects of minimum wage on labor market outcomes : a case study from Turkey

Işık, Enes; Orhangazi, Özgür; Tekgüç, Hasan - In: IZA journal of labor policy 10 (2020) 1/16, pp. 1-41

We assess the effects of a sharp minimum wage increase on wages, informality, and employment in Turkey, a large developing economy with one of the highest minimum wage-to-average wage ratios among OECD countries and widespread discrepancies between labor market outcomes of women and of men. We...

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