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Do reservation wages really decline? : Some international evidence on the determinants of reservation wages
Addison, John T. (contributor); Centeno, Mário (contributor) - 2008
Using cross-country data, we investigate the determinants of reservation wages and their course over the jobless spell. Higher unemployment benefits lead to higher reservation wages. Further, again consistent with the basic search model, repeated observations on the same individual provide scant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652702
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The reservation wage unemployment duration nexus
Addison, John T.; Machado, José A. F.; Portugal, Pedro - 2010
A thorny problem in identifying the determinants of reservation wages and particularly the role of continued joblessness in their evolution is the simultaneity issue. We deploy a natural control function approach to the problem that involves conditioning elapsed duration on completed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008778692
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Job mismatches and labour market outcomes : panel evidence on australian university graduates
Mavromaras, Kostas G.; McGuinness, Séamus; O'Leary, Nigel - 2010
The interpretation of graduate mismatch manifested either as overeducation or as overskilling remains problematical. This paper uses annual panel information on both educational and skills mismatches uniquely found in the HILDA survey to analyse the relationship of both mismatches with pay, job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008779138
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Fiscal union in Europe? : redistributive and stabilising effects of an EU tax-benefit system
Bargain, Olivier; Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; … - 2012
study the economic effects of introducing two elements of a fiscal union: Firstly, an EU-wide tax and transfer system and … secondly, an EU-wide system of fiscal equalisation. Using the European tax-benefit calculator EUROMOD, we exploit … countries. These effects depend on income levels and the structures of the existing national tax and transfer systems. The EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009545267
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Equality of opportunity and redistribution in Europe
Dunnzlaff, Lina; Neumann, Dirk; Niehues, Judith; … - 2010
-Saxon countries. For Eastern Europe, our results are less definite. Looking at the impact of the tax and benefit schemes in the EU, it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009313331
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Fiscal union in Europe? : redistributive and stabilising effects of an EU tax-benefit system
Bargain, Olivier; Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; … - 2012
study the economic effects of introducing two elements of a fiscal union: Firstly, an EU-wide tax and transfer system and … secondly, an EU-wide system of fiscal equalisation. Using the European tax-benefit calculator EUROMOD, we exploit … countries. These effects depend on income levels and the structures of the existing national tax and transfer systems. The EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009667120
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Comparing inequality aversion across countries when labor supply responses differ
Bargain, Olivier; Dolls, Mathias; Neumann, Dirk; … - 2013
margins for 17 EU countries and the US. Using the same data, inequality aversion is measured as the degree of redistribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009715731
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Well-being, poverty and labor income taxation : theory and application to Europe and the U.S.
Maniquet, François; Neumann, Dirk - 2016
In a model in which agents differ in wages and preferences over labor time-consumption bundles, we study labor income tax schemes that alleviate poverty. To avoid conflict with individual well-being, we require redistribution to take place between agents on both sides of the poverty line...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011528840
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Determinants of regional differences in rates of overeducation in Europe
Davia Rodríguez, María Angeles; McGuinness, Séamus; … - 2016
has been implemented on a sample of region-yearly data drawn from the EU Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011543640
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Minimum wage systems and earnings inequalities : does institutional diversity matter?
Garnero, Andrea; Kampelmann, Stephan; Rycx, François - 2014
This paper explores how the diversity of minimum wage systems affects earnings inequalities within European countries. It relies on the combination of (a) harmonized micro-data from household surveys, (b) data on national statutory minimum wages and coverage rates, and (c) hand-collected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010402100