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Macroeconomic evaluation of labor market reform in Germany

Krebs, Tom; Scheffel, Martin - 2012

German unemployment insurance system and resulted in a significant reduction in unemployment benefits for the long …-term unemployed. In this paper, we use an incomplete-market model with search unemployment to evaluate the macro-economic and welfare …-run (noncyclical)unemployment rate in Germany by 1.4 percentage points. We also find that the welfare of employed households increases …

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First to $ 15: Alberta’s minimum wage policy on employment by wages, ages, and places

Fossati, Sebastian; Marchand, Joseph T. - 2022 - This version: December 23, 2022

Most minimum wage studies are identified on small, plentiful, and expected wage changes, spread out over time. A recent set of changes have instead been large, unexpected, and quick, following the "Fight for $ 15" movement. Alberta is the first state or province to have this $ 15 minimum wage,...

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The intergenerational effects of economic sanctions

Moeeni, Safoura - 2021

While economic sanctions are successful in achieving political goals, can hurt the civilian population. These negative effects could be even more detrimental and long-lasting for future generations. I estimate the effects of economic sanctions on children's education by exploiting the United...

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Nonparametric instrumental variable methods for dynamic treatment evaluation

Berg, Gerard J. van den; Bonev, Petyo; Mammen, Enno - 2016

abolished the dependence of unemployment insurance benefits on the elapsed unemployment duration and simultaneously introduced … unemployment duration is positive and significant. Neglecting selectivity leads to an underestimation of the effects in absolute …

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