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Temporary jobs, employment protection and labor market performance
Cahuc, Pierre; Postel-Vinay, Fabien - 2001
Many European labor markets are characterized by heavy employment protection taxes and the widespread use of fixed-duration contracts. The simultaneous use of these two policy instruments seems somewhat contradictory since the former primarily aims at limiting job destruction whereas the latter...
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Taxation of temporary jobs : good intentions with bad outcomes?
Cahuc, Pierre; Charlot, Olivier; Malherbet, Franck; … - 2016
This paper analyzes the consequences of the taxation of temporary jobs recently introduced in several European countries to induce firms to create more open-ended contracts and to increase the duration of jobs. The estimation of a job search and matching model on French data shows that the...
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One man's blessing, another woman's curse? : family factors and the gender-earnings gap of doctors
Schurer, Stefanie; Kühnle, Daniel; Scott, Anthony; … - 2012
Using data from a new longitudinal survey of doctors from Australia, the authors test whether observed large gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009668287
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Lives saved during economic downturns: evidence from Australia
Atalay, Kadir; Edwards, Rebecca; Schurer, Stefanie; … - 2020
Australia, a country with universal health care. Using administrative time-series data on mortality that varies by state, age … reduction in vehicle transport accidents. Our estimates imply 425 fewer deaths if Reserve Bank of Australia expectations of a … implementation of universal health care in Australia in 1984. Our results suggest that universal health care may insulate individuals …
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