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In this paper, we address the question whether family support via the income tax system is more generous in France than … compare effective average tax rates for different household types in France and Germany. Our analysis shows that the popular …, however not due to the French Family splitting but rather to the different definitions of taxable incomes in both countries …
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Recent studies exploring sibling rivalry in the allocation of household resources in the U.S. produce conflicting …
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family long-term care (LTC) and female labor supply in four Latin American countries. Time-use survey data from Chile …, Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico shows that: (i) women provide the vast majority of family LTC; (ii) consistently across … trends make this family provision of LTC unsustainable, increasing the need for policy action …
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A key question in labor market research is how the unemployment insurance system affects unemployment rates and labor market dynamics. We revisit this old question studying the German Hartz reforms. On average, lower separation rates explain 76% of declining unemployment after the reform, a fact...
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The German "employment miracle", with a weak decline in employment and low unemployment during the great recession, seems to be a good example for a successful labour market reform. Nevertheless, there are concerns about rising inequality in the labour market. In this paper we analyze the...
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According to the aims of the labour market reforms of the 90s implemented in many European countries, workers may stay at their first job for a shorter time, but should be able to switch jobs easily. This would generate a trade-off between job opportunities and job stability. This paper...
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Das ifo Geschäftsklima ist ein Konjunkturindikator, der aus den Ergebnissen der monatlichen Unternehmensbefragungen des ifo Instituts berechnet wird. Die Antworten zu zwei Fragen gehen in diesen Indikator ein: die Bewertung der aktuellen Geschäftslage sowie die Erwartung hinsichtlich der...
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Das ifo Institut befragte im ersten Quartal 2010 Personalleiter von etwa 1 000 Unternehmen zu ihren Planungen hinsichtlich der Kurzarbeit für das laufende Jahr. Die Umfrageergebnisse zeigen, dass bei einem Großteil der Firmen die derzeit kurzarbeitenden Angestellten auch in Zukunft im...
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Using data on annual individual labor income from three representative panel datasets (German SOEP, British BHPS, Australian HILDA) we investigate a) the selectivity of item non-response (INR) and b) the impact of imputation as a prominent post-survey means to cope with this type of measurement...
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