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Hiring freeze and bankruptcy in unemployment dynamics

Garibaldi, Pietro (contributor) - 2006

This paper proposes a matching model that distinguishes between job creation by existing firms and job creation by firm entrants. The paper argues that vacancy posting and job destruction on the extensive margin, i.e. from firms that enter and exit the labour market, represents a viable...

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Changing the structure of minimum wages : firm adjustment and wage spillovers

Giupponi, Giulia; Machin, Stephen - 2018

This paper analyses the economic impact of a significant change to the structure of a minimum wage setting policy. The context is the United Kingdom where government mandated an unexpected change in the structure of minimum wages and their setting in 2016 by introducing a new minimum wage - the...

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Layoff costs and learning about employer financial distress

Kostøl, Andreas Ravndal; Merkle, Matthew C.; … - 2024

While many employees risk losing their job and having their career disrupted due to employers' financial distress, it is widely recognized that many leave their employer in anticipation of layoff. In this paper, we assess how employee costs of financial distress depend on employees learning and...

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Wages and ageing : is there evidence for the "inverse-U" profile?

Myck, Michał (contributor) - 2007

Britain and Germany looking at two longitudinal datasets (BHPS and GSOEP respectively) for years 1995-2004. It stresses the …

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Understanding the technology of computer technology diffusion : explaining computer adoption patterns and implications for the wage structure

Borghans, Lex (contributor); Weel, Bas ter (contributor) - 2008

We review the empirical literature about the implications of the computerization of the labor market to see whether it can explain observed computer adoption patterns and (long-term) changes in the wage structure. Evidence from empirical micro studies turns out to be inconsistent with macro...

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Get training or wait? : Long-run employment effects of training programs for the unemployed in West Germany

Fitzenberger, Bernd (contributor); … - 2006

estimates the long-run differential employment effects of three different types of training programs in West Germany. We use …

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Is there a trade-off between job security and wages in Germany and the UK?

Hübler, Dominik (contributor); Hübler, Olaf (contributor) - 2006

This paper looks at the wage effects of perceived and objective insecurity in Germany and the UK using the GSOEP and … insecurity and wages significantly negative level effects are found for Germany with some evidence for those in the UK. There is … , Germany ; UK …

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Gender, time use and public policy over the life cycle

Apps, Patricia (contributor); Rees, Ray (contributor) - 2005

countries: Australia, the UK and Germany. We discuss the extent to which gender differences and life cycle variation in time use …

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The German labor market : still adjusting badly?

Eichhorst, Werner (contributor); Kaiser, Lutz C. (contributor) - 2006

In the late nineties, Germany was often seen as a laggard with respect to labor market and welfare state reforms with … Germany have in fact contributed to overcoming structural weaknesses of a Continental European 'welfare state without work … sustainable with respect to the future of the German labor market. -- Germany ; labor market policy ; labor market reforms …

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An age perspective on economic well-being and social protection in nine OECD countries

Dang, Thai Thanh; Immervoll, Herwig; Mantovani, Daniela; … - 2006

This paper quantifies the economic well-being of different age groups and the extent of their reliance on incomes from public and private sources. The aim is to establish how social benefits, and the taxes needed to finance them, affect income levels and disparities across different age groups....

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