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The capitalist democracies of western Europe and the U.S. have developed extensive social programs, based on the principle of solidarity, that provide assistance to the destitute, the unemployed, the sick, the disabled, and the elderly. Due in part to growing levels of spending on these...
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.5 percent below the 1990 peak and a mere one percent above the 1993 trough. Employment rates tell a similar story. Our …
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, regular employment has been withdrawn in favour of temporary employment or self-employment. There is a special social security … due to its popularity. The analysis in this paper focuses on the employment development of of musicians, performing … and characteristics of the artistic labour markets, as working patterns, earnings, human capital and employment status …
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Vergleich sind allenfalls die negativen Dauereffekte der Arbeitslosenversicherung in den USA etwas stärker, während in der …
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effects in both countries. Hence, the effect of unemployment benefits on employment careers is more appropriately described as …
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The conventional view is that Americans work longer hours than Germans and other Europeans but when time in household production is included, overall working time is very similar on both sides of the Atlantic. Americans spend more time on market work but German invest more in household...
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Propensity score matching provides an estimate of the effect of a 'treatment' variable on an outcome variable that is largely free of bias arising from an association between treatment status and observable variables. However, matching methods are not robust against 'hidden bias' arising from...
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vorherrscht, dass die Kombination makroökonomi- scher Schocks und flexibler Arbeitsmarktinstitutionen in den USA eine starke Zu … gewachsen als in den USA. Darüber hinaus hätten Entwicklungen auf dem französischen Ar-beitsmarkt dazu geführt, dass sich gering … these same shocks have produced high unemployment and low employment growth in Europe as a side effect of the wage stability …
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den USA, dem eigenen Selbstverständnis nach ein Einwanderungsland, wird die Ethnisierung von bestimmten Bereichen des …
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USA große Industrieunternehmen Anfang der achtziger Jahre ihre auf freiwilliger Basis koordinierten Lohnverhandlungen …
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