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We show that a dynamic general equilibrium model with efficiency wages and endogenous capital accumulation in both the formal and (non-agricultural) informal sectors can explain the full range of confounding stylized facts associated with minimum wage laws in less developed countries
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but have limited effects on overall poverty, as many poor households do not earn a wage near MW and higher unemployment …
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This paper provides an overview of the design of means-tested Guaranteed Minimum Income schemes, which constitute an important component of social protection systems in European countries. It discusses how key design features differ across countries, including how countries balance the primary...
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may have increased unemployment. It is shown that it is likely to be so if they are associated with an increase in the …
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to unemployment surges, as firms are forced to cutcosts when financing becomes expensive or is no longer available. As a … result, allcountries with risk premium shocks saw unemployment surge, even as euro area corecountries managed to contain … unemployment as firms hoarded labor during thedownturn. Most striking, wage bills in euro area crisis countries and the …
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employs the same or another worker, the vacancy rate increases and the unemployment rate declines. However, the scheme …
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unemployment, several European economies display highly persistent unemployment dynamics. The theory of hysteresis challenges this … strong empirical evidence of unemployment hysteresis in advanced economies since the 1990s. Relying on an identification … unemployment rates to pre-shock levels …
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education in the labor force and when long-term unemployment is more pronounced. Policies which could facilitate labor market … policies, such as unemployment benefits, as well as labor taxation render matching significantly more difficult …
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The paper uses a large survey (GSOEP) to analyze the labor market performance of immigrants in Germany. It finds that new immigrant workers earn on average 20 percent less than native workers with otherwise identical characteristics. The gap is smaller for immigrants from advanced countries,...
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relatively minor intervention can dramatically increase the fragility of jobs, the length of unemployment spells, as well as the … extent of unemployment and labor market churning. With institutions of the type studied here common across many different …
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