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The myth of worksharing
Kapteyn, Arie; Kalwij, Adriaan S.; Zaidi, M. Asghar - 2000
Worksharing is considered by many as a promising public policy to reduce unemployment. In this paper we present a … evidence for the proposition that worksharing would promote employment or reduce unemployment. In an appendix we present an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001528544
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The tail of two countries : minimum wages and employment in France and the United States
Abowd, John M.; Kramarz, Francis; Margolis, David N.; … - 2000
We use longitudinal individual wage and employment data in France and the United States to investigate the effect of changes in the real minimum wage rate on an individual's employment status. We focus on workers employed at wages close enough to the minimum in a reference year as to be illegal...
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