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Whatever works : dualisation and the service economy in Bismarckian welfare states
Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul - 2010
-paid service jobs, as non-wage labour costs are minimised. In France, fixed-term contracts are a flexible and also cheaper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003985730
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The behavioral effects of minimum wages
Falk, Armin (contributor); Fehr, Ernst (contributor);  … - 2005
The prevailing labor market models assume that minimum wages do not affect the labor supply schedule. We challenge this view in this paper by showing experimentally that minimum wages have significant and lasting effects on subjects' reservation wages. The temporary introduction of a minimum...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002880965
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Positive health externalities of mandating paid sick leave
Pichler, Stefan; Wen, Katherine; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2020
A growing economic literature studies the optimal design of social insurance systems and the empirical identification of welfare-relevant externalities. In this paper, we test whether mandating employee access to paid sick leave has reduced influenza-like-illness (ILI) transmission rates as well...
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Youth unemployment in old Europe : the polar cases of France and Germany
Cahuc, Pierre; Carcillo, Stéphane; Rinne, Ulf; … - 2013
France and Germany are two polar cases in the European debate about rising youth unemployment. Similar to what can be … observed in Southern European countries, a "lost generation" may arise in France. In stark contrast, youth unemployment has … short-term oriented policies can only have temporary effects. Ultimately, the youth unemployment disease in France and in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009770651
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Labor earnings respond differently to income-tax and to payroll-tax reforms
Lehmann, Etienne; Marical, François; Rioux, Laurence - 2011
We estimate the responses of gross labor earnings with respect to marginal and average net-of-tax rates in France over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009519898
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Kombilohn oder Workfare? : zur Wirksamkeit zweier arbeitsmarktpolitischer Strategien
Bonin, Holger; Kempe, Wolfram; Schneider, Hilmar - 2002
Das heutige System der sozialen Mindestsicherung verhindert in Deutschland die Ausbildung eines Niedriglohnsektors. Dies ist eine wesentliche Ursache für die hohe Arbeitslosigkeit Geringqualifizierter. Dieser Beitrag stellt zwei häufig genannte Maßnahmen zur Überwindung sozialstaatlicher...
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Household labor supply effects of low-wage subsidies in Germany
Bonin, Holger; Kempe, Wolfram; Schneider, Hilmar - 2002
This research evaluates the impact on German household labor supply of various subsidy schemes proposed to foster low-wage employment. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we estimate a discrete choice model of household labor supply. On the basis of the estimated labor supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011415060
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The mismeasurement of work time : implications for wage discrimination and inequality
Borjas, George J.; Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2023
A comparison of measures of work time in the CPS-ASEC data file (based on recall) with contemporaneous measures reveals many logical inconsistencies and probable errors. About 8 percent of ASEC respondents report weeks worked last year that contradict their work histories in the Basic monthly...
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Wages, employment and tenure of temporarily subsidized workers ; does the industry matter?
Stephan, Gesine - 2010
This paper explores whether wage, employment and tenure outcomes of workers taking up a job subsidized by the German Federal Employment Agency differ by industry. The analysis utilizes administrative data and statistical matching techniques; it covers an observation period of 3.5 years. First,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008778683
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Institutional arrangements, employment performance and the quality of work
Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul; Tobsch, Verena - 2009
The observation of highly regulated, but successful economies has given rise to the hypothesis of various viable models of labor market adaptability. The paper presents a quantitative indicator that tries to avoid a simplified flexibility-rigidity dichotomy and provides a detailed picture of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003923585