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France and Germany are two polar cases in the European debate about rising youth unemployment. Similar to what can be … observed in Southern European countries, a "lost generation" may arise in France. In stark contrast, youth unemployment has … short-term oriented policies can only have temporary effects. Ultimately, the youth unemployment disease in France and in …
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minimum wage in firms with less than 10 employees in France from December 2008 to December 2009. Using rich administrative …
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zone in France using linked employer-employee data. Using instrumental variables with worker and firm fixed effects, we …
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According to French law, employers have to pay at least six months salary to employees whose seniority exceeds two years in case of unfair dismissal. We show, relying on data, that this regulation entails a hike in severance payments at two-year seniority which induces a significant rise in the...
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that the cost per job created by permanent hiring credits, either countercyclical or time-invariant, in an environment with …
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Paid family leave allows workers to take time off from work to care for a family member with a serious health condition, with reduced financial risk and increased job continuity. In 2004, California was the first state in the nation to implement a paid family leave program allowing workers to...
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According to French law, employers have to pay at least six months salary to employees whose seniority exceeds two years in case of unfair dismissal. We show, relying on data, that this regulation entails a hike in severance payments at two-year seniority which induces a significant rise in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022430
Short-time work programs were revived by the Great Recession. To understand their operating mechanisms, we first provide a model showing that short-time work may save jobs in firms hit by strong negative revenue shocks, but not in less severely-hit firms, where hours worked are reduced, without...
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zone in France using linked employer-employee data. Using instrumental variables with worker and firm fixed effects, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012213951
that the cost per job created by permanent hiring credits, either countercyclical or time-invariant, in an environment with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011785665