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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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Contingent convergence : a comparative analysis of activation policies
Eichhorst, Werner (contributor);  … - 2008
The trend towards activation has been one of the major issues in recent welfare and labour market reforms in Europe and the US. Despite considerable initial variation across national models with respect to the scope and intensity of activation, redefining the link between social protection and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793501
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009230295
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The financial support for long-term elderly care and household savings behaviour
Ohinata, Asako; Picchio, Matteo - 2015
difference-in-differences estimator, we investigate the 2002 Scottish reform, which introduced free formal personal care for all …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011308491
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009516923
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The impact of one parent family payment reforms on the labour market outcomes of lone parents
Redmond, Paul; McGuinness, Séamus; Keane, Claire - 2020
worked of lone parents of between two and five hours per week. Two and a half years following the reform, lone parents …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012199136
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Theory and evidence on employer collusion in the franchise sector
Krueger, Alan B.; Ashenfelter, Orley - 2018
In this paper we study the role of covenants in franchise contracts that restrict the recruitment and hiring of employees from other units within the same franchise chain in suppressing competition for workers. Based on an analysis of 2016 Franchise Disclosure Documents, we find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011881531
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How should we think about employers' associations?
Bryson, Alex; Willman, Paul - 2022
We maintain that employer associations are a specific form of employer collusion that is overt, formal and labour market focused which encompasses but is by no means confined to collective bargaining. We consider the conditions under which this form of collusion might emerge, and how it might...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013342933
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Escaping the unemployment trap : the case of East Germany
Merkl, Christian (contributor);  … - 2008
This paper addresses the question of why high unemployment rates tend to persist even after their proximate causes have been reversed (e.g., after wages relative to productivity have fallen). We suggest that the longer people are unemployed, the greater is their cumulative likelihood of falling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003758672
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Is being 'soft on crime' the solution to rising crime rates? : evidence from Germany
Entorf, Horst (contributor); Spengler, Hannes (contributor) - 2008
Based on a theoretical framework on informal, custodial and non-custodial sentencing, the paper provides econometric tests on the effectiveness of police, public prosecution and courts. Using a unique dataset covering German states for the period 19772001, a comprehensive system of criminal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003759023