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distribution by analyzing changes in age structure within and across occupations. Because occupations typically expand by hiring …
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achievement of plausible target unemployment rates, disaggregated by age and gender. Second, we analyze the job creation needs …
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Pension reforms that raise minimum retirement age increase the pool of senior individuals aged 50+ who are not eligible … estimate the effects of local changes in the supply of workers aged between 50 and minimum retirement age on youth, prime age …, indicate that adding one thousand additional senior individuals to the local labour supply reduces employment in the age group …
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Contrary to much of the established literature, this paper finds that though many older workers would prefer to reduce their working hours (the overemployed), there is a significant group who would like to work longer hours (the underemployed). And contrary to the assumption that the...
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This paper assesses the effect of key demographic changes (population ageing and upskilling) that are expected by 2030 on the income distribution in the EU-27 and examines the potential of tax-benefit systems to counterbalance negative developments. Theory predicts that population ageing should...
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statutory retirement age. Our policy simulations confirm that raising the statutory retirement age can balance fiscal budgets in …
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This paper studies short-time work arrangements (ERTEs) when aggregate risk is partially sector-specific. In Spain, the Great Recession and the pandemic recession (aka the Great Contagion) can both be understood as being driven partially by large sector-specific shocks. However, the latter shows...
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In this paper, we study the development and underlying drivers of skill premiums in Germany between 1980 and 2008. We show that the significant increase in the medium to low skill wage premiums since the late 1980s was almost exclusively concentrated among the group of workers aged 30 or below....
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Creative industries comprise enterprises focusing on the creation, production, and distribution of creative or cultural goods and services. Following an explorative empirical approach, we analyze start-ups in creative industries regarding three issues along the start-up process: (1) personal...
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We juxtapose the effects of trade and technology on employment in U.S. local labor markets between 1990 and 2007. Labor markets whose initial industry composition exposes them to rising Chinese import competition experience significant falls in employment, particularly in manufacturing and among...
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