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Unemployment Accounts and Employment Incentives
Brown, Alessio J.G; Orszag, J. Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - 2008
We explore the far-reaching implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB) systems by an unemployment accounts (UA) system. Under the UA system, employed people are required to make ongoing contributions to their UAs and the balances in these accounts are available to them during...
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The Gradual Transformation of Continental European Labor Markets : France and Germany Compared
Eichhorst, Werner - 2007
Germany and France are both Continental European welfare states with severe labor market problems such as low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777260
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Reducing Income Transfers to Refugee Immigrants : Does Starthelp Help You Start?
Rosholm, Michael - 2007
In this paper we estimate the causal effect of lowering the public income transfers administered to newly arrived refugee immigrants in Denmark - the so-called starthelp - using a competing risk mixed proportional hazard framework. The two competing risks are exit to job and exit out of the...
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Labour Market Regulation in the Eu-15 : Causes and Consequences - a Survey
Siebert, Stanley - 2006
Why should floors be set under wages and working conditions by labour market regulations? This paper finds that efficiency arguments are questionable, because of the disemployment effects of strict regulation. Regulation is better explained in terms of the choices of the employed semi- and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779043
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Positive Health Externalities of Mandating Paid Sick Leave
Pichler, Stefan - 2020
A growing economic literature studies the optimal design of social insurance systems and the empirical identification of welfare-relevant externalities. In this paper, we test whether mandating employee access to paid sick leave has reduced influenza-like-illness (ILI) transmission rates as well...
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Youth Unemployment in Old Europe : The Polar Cases of France and Germany
Cahuc, Pierre - 2013
France and Germany are two polar cases in the European debate about rising youth unemployment. Similar to what can be … observed in Southern European countries, a "lost generation" may arise in France. In stark contrast, youth unemployment has … short-term oriented policies can only have temporary effects. Ultimately, the youth unemployment disease in France and in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013078826
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Labor Earnings Respond Differently to Income-Tax and to Payroll-Tax Reforms
Lehmann, Etienne - 2011
We estimate the responses of gross labor earnings with respect to marginal and average net-of-tax rates in France over …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118267
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Workfare : An Effective Alternative to the Combination Wages
Bonin, Holger - 2006
In the debate on in-work benefits in Germany it is often overlooked that such subsidies may only be effective if basic minimum income is remarkably decreased for those who are employable. However, proposals following this principle will hardly achieve political consensus as can be derived from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779113
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Minimum Wages, Labor Market Institutions, and Female Employment and Unemployment : A Cross-Country Analysis
Addison, John T. - 2010
This paper estimates the effect of minimum wage regulation in 16 OECD countries, 1970-2008. Our treatment is motivated by Neumark and Wascher's (2004) seminal cross-country study using panel methods to estimate minimum wage effects among teenagers and young adults. Apart from the longer time...
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Wages, Employment and Tenure of Temporarily Subsidized Workers : Does the Industry Matter?
Stephan, Gesine - 2010
This paper explores whether wage, employment and tenure outcomes of workers taking up a job subsidized by the German Federal Employment Agency differ by industry. The analysis utilizes administrative data and statistical matching techniques; it covers an observation period of 3.5 years. First,...
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