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Bonus question : does flexible incentive pay dampen unemployment dynamics?
Gaur, Meghana; Grigsby, John; Hazell, Jonathon; Ndiaye, … - 2023
We introduce dynamic incentive contracts into a model of unemployment dynamics and present three results. First, wage cyclicality from incentives does not dampen unemployment dynamics: the response of unemployment to shocks is first-order equivalent in an economy with flexible incentive pay and...
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On the determinants of pay of CEOs in UK public sector higher education institutions
Bachan, Ray (contributor) - 2008
The pay determining process of CEOs of UK higher education institutions is modelled using three econometric methodologies applied to a large and unique dataset for the academic years 1997/98 through to 2005/06. A gender differential in pay is detected and this differential remains robust across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003779101
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Start-up subsidies for the unemployed : long-term evidence and effect heterogeneity
Caliendo, Marco; Künn, Steffen - 2010
Turning unemployment into self-employment has become an increasingly important part of active labor market policies (ALMP) in many OECD countries. Germany is a good example where the spending on start-up subsidies for the unemployed accounted for nearly 17% of the total spending on ALMP in 2004....
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Start-ups by the unemployed: characteristics, survival and direct employment effects
Caliendo, Marco (contributor);  … - 2007
Fostering and supporting start-up businesses by unemployed persons has become an increasingly important issue in many European countries. These new ventures are being supported by various governmental programs. Potential benefits include not only the end of unemployment for the new entrepreneur...
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Labor market reforms in Europe : towards more flexicure labor markets?
Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul; Wehner, Caroline - 2016
active labor market policies. The paper provides an overview of reform patterns and tries to assess whether and to what …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011455858
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The impact of the UK new deal for lone parents on benefit receipt
Dolton, Peter J.; Smith, Jeffrey A. - 2011
This paper evaluates the UK New Deal for Lone Parents (NDLP) program, which aims to return lone parents to work. Using rich administrative data on benefit receipt histories and a "selection on observed variables" identification strategy, we find that the program modestly reduces benefit receipt...
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Anatomy of welfare reform evaluation : announcement and implementation effects
Blundell, Richard W.; Francesconi, Marco; Klaauw, … - 2011
This paper formulates a simple model of female labor force decisions which embeds an in-work benefit reform and … the announcement of a reform that increases in-work benefits, including sources of intertemporal substitution, human … announcement and implementation of a major UK in-work benefit reform, we estimate its effects on single mothers' behavior. We find …
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The long-term effects of job search requirements : evidence from the UK JSA reform
Petrongolo, Barbara (contributor) - 2008
This paper investigates long-term returns from unemployment compensation, exploiting variation from the UK JSA reform …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003779092
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Public employment agency reform, matching efficiency, and German unemployment
Merkl, Christian; Sauerbier, Timo - 2022
restructuring of the Federal Employment Agency in Germany (Hartz III labor market reform) for aggregate matching and unemployment …
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Has performance pay increased wage inequality in Britain?
Bryan, Mark L.; Bryson, Alex - 2015
Using data from the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) we show performance pay (PP) increased earnings dispersion among men and women, and to a lesser extent among full-time working women, in the decade of economic growth which ended with the recession of 2008. PP was also associated with...
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