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Government regulation and lifecycle wages : evidence from continuing coverage mandates
Maclean, Johanna Catherine; Webber, Douglas A. - 2019
We examine the lifecycle wage effects of health insurance market regulation that compels private insurers to offer continuing coverage to beneficiaries. Using a panel of male workers drawn from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979, we model wages across the lifecycle as a function of...
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Policies to create and destroy human capital in Europe
Heckman, James J.; Jacobs, Bas - 2009
workers under pressure. Weak incentives to utilize and maintain skills over the life-cycle become manifest with the ageing of … entail strong incentives to retire early and human capital is thus written off too quickly. -- Skill formation ; human … workers under pressure. Weak incentives to utilize and maintain skills over the life-cycle become manifest with the ageing of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003932493
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Stepping stone or dead end? : the effect of the EITC on earnings growth
Dahl, Molly; DeLeire, Thomas C.; Schwabish, Jonathan A. - 2009
examined whether the jobs taken by single mothers as a result of the EITC incentives are "dead-end" jobs or jobs that have the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003832140
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Do higher corporate taxes reduce wages?
Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas; Siegloch, Sebastian - 2015
This paper estimates the incidence of corporate taxes on wages using a 20-year panel of German municipalities. Administrative linked employer-employee data allows estimating heterogeneous worker and firm effects. We set up a general theoretical framework showing that corporate taxes can have a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011428676
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Unequal inequalities : do progressive taxes reduce income inequality?
Duncan, Denvil; Sabirianova Peter, Klara - 2012
This paper analyzes the effect of changes in structural progressivity of national income tax systems on observed and actual income inequality. Using several unique measures of progressivity over the 1981-2005 period for a large panel of countries, we find that progressivity reduces inequality in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009629615
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Social insurance, informality and labor markets : how to protect workers while creating good jobs
Pagés, Carmen; Rigolini, Jamele; Robalino, David A. - 2013
the case of savings programs), while providing better information and incentives to enroll. Second, relying on explicit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229925
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Long-run trends in the distribution of income and wealth
Roine, Jesper; Waldenström, Daniel - 2014
This paper reviews the long run developments in the distribution of personal income and wealth. It also discusses suggested explanations for the observed patterns. We try to answer questions such as: What do we know, and how do we know, about the distribution of income and wealth over time? Are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010350843
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From severance pay to self-insurance : effects of severance payments savings accounts in Colombia
Kugler, Adriana D. (contributor) - 2002
In 1990 Colombia replaced its traditional system of severance payments with a new system of severance payments savings accounts (SPSAs). Although severance payments often are justified on the grounds that they provide insurance against earnings loss, they also increase costs for employers and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009520495
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Migrating workers and jobs : a challenge to the European social model?
Commander, Simon (contributor);  … - 2006
support high wages and compete in the global economy. Such policies must combine an appropriate balance of incentives … at the same time strengthening their incentives to find and accept available jobs. -- offshoring ; migration ; social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003253469
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Do higher corporate taxes reduce wages? : micro evidence from Germany
Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas; Siegloch, Sebastian - 2013
Because of endogeneity problems very few studies have been able to identify the incidence of corporate taxes on wages. We circumvent these problems by using an 11-year panel of data on 11,441 German municipalities' tax rates, 8 percent of which change each year, linked to administrative matched...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009740285