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Using tax deductions to promote lifelong learning : real and shifting responses
Berge, Wiljan van den; Jongen, Egbert L. W.; Wiel, … - 2017
Policymakers are concerned about potential underinvestment in lifelong learning. In this paper we study to what extent a tax deduction helps to stimulate post-initial training. Specifically, we employ a regression kink and regression discontinuity design as jumps in tax bracket rates generate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011704275
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The lot of the unemployed : a time use perspective
Krueger, Alan B. (contributor); Müller, Andreas (contributor) - 2008
This paper provides new evidence on time use and subjective well-being of employed and unemployed individuals in 14 countries. We devote particular attention to characterizing and modeling job search intensity, measured by the amount of time devoted to searching for a new job. Job search...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003716529
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Immigrants and welfare programmes : exploring the interactions between immigrant characteristics, immigrant welfare dependence and welfare policy
Barrett, Alan (contributor); McCarthy, Yvonne (contributor) - 2008
The primary purpose of this paper is to provide a review of the papers within the economics literature that have examined the questions of immigrant welfare use and the responsiveness of immigrants to the incentives created by welfare systems. While our focus is largely on papers looking at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003716533
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Uncertainty and the politics of employment protection
Vindigni, Andrea (contributor) - 2008
This paper investigates the role that idiosyncratic uncertainty plays in shaping social preferences over the degree of labor market flexibility, in a general equilibrium model of dynamic labor demand where the productivity of firms evolves over time as a Geometric Brownian motion. A key result...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003719624
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The rise in obesity across the Atlantic : an economic perspective
Brunello, Giorgio (contributor);  … - 2008
We provide comparable evidence on the patterns and trends in obesity across the Atlantic and analyse whether there are economic rationales for public intervention to control obesity. We take into account equity issues as well as efficiency considerations, which are organized around three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003729406
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On the multivariate analysis of the "Lisbon process"
Tausch, Arno (contributor); Heshmati, Almas (contributor);  … - 2007
Starting from Professor Kornai's assertion about the necessity to focus on the long-term perspectives of the transformation process, we analyze in this paper the Lisbon performance of the countries of the European Union from such a long-term, structural perspective. We present in a simple form...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003646699
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Where do the brainy Italians go?
Constant, Amelie (contributor); D'Agosto, Elena (contributor) - 2008
/Canada, the UK, and other EU countries. On average, the brainy Italians exhibit a higher predicted probability to go to the US …, having extra working experience from outside Italy predicts migration to other EU countries. Those who stay abroad …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652707
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Scale, diversity, and determinants of labour migration in Europe
Zaiceva, Anzelika (contributor);  … - 2008
While global migration is increasing, internal EU migration flows have remained low. This paper contributes to a better … including the recent Eastern enlargements. The determinants of migration before and after the 2004 enlargement and in the EU15 … and EU10 countries are analysed using individual data on migration intentions. In addition, perceptions about the size of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003737640
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The distribution of total work in the EU and US
Burda, Michael C. (contributor);  … - 2006
Using two time-diary data sets each for Germany, Italy the Netherlands and the U.S. from 1985-2003, we demonstrate that Americans work more than Europeans: 1) in the market; 2) in total (market and home production)-- there is no one-for-one tradeoff across countries in total work; 3) at unusual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003359291
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Welfare migration in Europe and the cost of a harmonised social assistance
De Giorgi, Giacomo (contributor);  … - 2006
the actual implementation of this system would be politically problematic. -- EU enlargement ; migration ; welfare state …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003310966