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The size and development of the shadow economies of 22 transition and 21 OECD countries

Schneider, Friedrich - 2002

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Increasing shadow economies all over the world - fiction or reality? : A survey of the global evidence of their size and of their impact from 1970 to 1995

Enste, Dominik - 1998

criticized, estimates about the size of 67 developing, transition and OECD countries are presented. The average size of the … activities are the driving forces for the size of the shadow economy. According to some findings, a growing shadow economy has a … negative impact on official GDP growth, however, a positive impact of corruption on the size of the shadow economy can be found …

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Increasing shadow economies all over the world - fiction or reality? : a survey of the global evidence of their size and their impact from 1970 to 1995

Enste, Dominik; Schneider, Friedrich - 1998

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000683129

Transition from school to work : search time and job duration

Bratberg, Espen - 1998

We consider the early labour market experience of young persons. Using a large data sample of Norwegian individuals finishing education in 1989-91, we analyse the transition from school to work and the duration of the first job. We allow the search duration, the accepted wage, and the job...

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Immigration : the New Zealand experience

Winkelmann, Rainer - 1999

A history of the New Zealand immigration experience and policy is reviewed in this paper. Data from the 1981 and 1996 New Zealand Censuses are used to illustrate changes in the characteristics of immigrants, as well as labor outcomes. The decline in the income of recent immigrants over the...

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Bestimmungsgründe von Fehlzeiten : welche Rolle spielt die Arbeitslosigkeit?

Thalmaier, Anja - 1999

Das Ziel der vorliegenden Untersuchung besteht darin, die wesentlichen Determinanten für das Auftreten von Fehlzeiten zu analysieren. In einem ersten Schritt werden die institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen der Entgeltfortzahlung und ihre historische Entwicklung aufgezeigt. Die Analyse...

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The immigrant welfare effect : take-up or eligibility?

Castronova, Edward (contributor) - 1999

Are immigrants on welfare because they are more likely to be eligible or because they are more likely to claim benefits for which they are eligible? The answer is politically important, but because most current research on immigration and welfare is based on data from the U.S., the answer is...

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Behavioral effects of probation periods : an analysis of worker absenteeism

Riphahn, Regina T.; Thalmaier, Anja - 1999

The theoretical probation literature shows that individuals have incentives to mimick "good workers" during periods of employment probation. This study empirically tests at the example of absence behavior, whether such behavioral responses to the incentives of probation periods exist. We find...

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Unemployment insurance and subsequent job duration : job matching vs unobserved heterogeneity

Belzil, Christian - 2000

The relationship between unemployment benefit duration, unemployment duration and subsequent job duration is investigated using a multi-state duration model with state specific unobserved heterogeneity. I allow maximum benefit duration to be correlated with unemployment duration as well as...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001483256

Continuous training in Germany

Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2000

Using data from the German Socio Economic Panel, I analyze the incidence, financing, and returns to workplace training in Germany for the years 1986 to 1989. Much of this training seems general, and is provided to workers by their employer at no direct cost. While workers typically report larger...

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