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Economic effects of overtime premium flexibility: Firm- and worker-level evidence from a law reform
Martins, Pedro S. - 2017
also find that those firms that cut overtime premiums exhibit significant relative increases in overtime usage, employment …
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Hiring subsidies for low-educated unemployed youths are ineffective in a tight labor market
Dejemeppe, Muriel; Delpierre, Matthieu; Pourtois, Mathilde - 2024
We evaluate the impact of hiring subsidies for unemployed jobseekers in Wallonia, the Frenchspeaking region in the south of Belgium. The special feature of these subsidies is that they are more readily available for low-educated youths, who are eligible from registration as a jobseeker or a few...
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Assessing the Distributive Effects of Minimum Wage
Borraz, Fernando - 2017
workers mainly. However, we also found a negative impact on employment outside the capital city, Montevideo, and observed a …
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Unemployment transitions and the role of minimum wage: from pre-crisis to crisis and recovery
Andriopoulou, Eirini; Karakitsios, Alexandros - 2021
During the last decade, unemployment in Greece climbed up to 28%, almost quadrupling due to the economic crisis that hit Greece. In the present paper, we examine the determinants of the unemployment dynamics and the impact of the minimum wage on the probability of making a transition into and...
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The Statutory Minimum Wage in Germany and the Labor Demand Elasticities of Low-Skilled Workers: A Regression Discontinuity Approach with Establishment Panel Data
Kölling, Arnd - 2020
This study examines the influence of the statutory minimum wage on labor demand elasticities regarding low-skilled workers. For this, a regression discontinuity analysis is conducted using company panel data from 2013 to 2018. In addition, a possible endogeneity of the remuneration for...
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Employment Effects of Offshore Oil and Gas Regulations
Payson, Steven; Sloboda, Brian W. - 2019
The estimation of the employment effects of offshore safety and environmental regulation is often highly speculative … statements in support or, or in opposition to, proposed regulations. Much more reliable estimates of such employment effects can … microeconomic model explaining the effects of offshore regulations on employment, assuming the standard profit-maximization behavior …
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The iceberg decomposition: a parsimonious way to map the health of labour markets
Baert, Stijn - 2020
This article introduces the metaphor of the iceberg in the labour market. While policy in most OECD countries has historically focussed on reducing unemployment (the tip of the iceberg), the group of inactive people (below the waterline) is much larger. Therefore, we point to the clear...
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The intensity of COVID-19 Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions and labor market outcomes in the public sector
Marcén, Miriam; Morales, Marina - 2020
and present empirical evidence of heterogeneity in the response to the NPIs with those in the local employment being the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012262294
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Theory and Empirics of Short-Time Work: A Review
Bermudez, Natalia; Dejemeppe, Muriel; Tarullo, Giulia - 2023
Following massive take-up rates during the COVID-19 period, short-time work (STW) policies have attracted renewed interest. In this paper, we take stock of this policy instrument and provide a critical review of STW systems in Europe. We focus on the objectives of STW programs and their primary...
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Will robot replace workers? Assessing the impact of robots on employment and wages with meta-analysis
Guarascio, Dario; Piccirillo, Alessandro; Reljic, Jelena - 2024
This study conducts a meta-analysis to assess the effects of robotization on employment and wages, compiling data from … 33 studies with 644 estimates on employment and a subset of 19 studies with 195 estimates on wages. We identify a … minimal. Thus, concerns about the disruptive effects of robots on employment and the risk of widespread technological …
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