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Addison, John T.; Surfield, Christopher J. - 2009

Atypical employment arrangements such as agency temporary work and contracting have long been criticized as offering more precarious and unstable work than regular employment. Using data from two datasets - the CAEAS and the NLSY79 we determine whether workers who take such jobs rather than...

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Atypical Work and Employment Continuity

Addison, John T.; Surfield, Christopher J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Atypical employment arrangements such as agency temporary work and contracting have long been criticized as offering more precarious and unstable work than regular employment. Using data from two datasets – the CAEAS and the NLSY79 – we determine whether workers who take such jobs rather...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822099

The Use of Alternative Work Arrangements by the Jobless : Evidence from the CAEAS/CPS

Addison, John T.; Surfield, Christopher J. - 2004

. When we evaluate the use of AWAs against unemployment, there is also evidence that the jobless are entering AWAs as …

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Collective Bargaining Systems and Macroeconomic and Microeconomic Flexibility: The Quest for Appropriate Institutional Forms in Advanced Economies

Addison, John T. - 2015

institutions; on the basis of which, and recent theoretical developments, specific support is adduced for the German, contemporary …

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When Short-Time Work Works

Cahuc, Pierre; Kramarz, Francis; Nevoux, Sandra - 2018

Short-time work programs were revived by the Great Recession. To understand their operating mechanisms, we first provide a model showing that short-time work may save jobs in firms hit by strong negative revenue shocks, but not in less severely-hit firms, where hours worked are reduced, without...

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What have we learned about the employment effects of severance pay? : Further iterations of Lazear et al.

Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 2003

-varying labor market institutions. While the positive effect of severance pay on unemployment garners some support, there is no real …In this study we examine the contribution of severance pay to employment and unemployment development using data on … collective bargaining coordination, the role of institutions is also more muted than suggested in the literature. …

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The Economics of Employment Protection

Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 2001

mainly on dismissals protection, distinguishing between the themes of employment and unemployment development and labor … market dynamics proper. Our discussion of employment and unemployment largely deals with the effect of employment protection …

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On the Efficiency of Job Search with Social Networks

Cahuc, Pierre; Fontaine, François - 2002

of different job search methods, conditional unemployment benefits hikes can improve welfare when individuals are risk …

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Does the quality of industrial relations matter for the macro economy? A cross-country analysis using strikes data

Addison, John T.; Teixeira, Paulino - 2006

indicator - and our macro performance outcome is the unemployment rate. Independent of the role of other institutions, good … industrial relations do seem to matter: greater strike volume is associated with higher unemployment. Holding country effects …

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Is short-time work a good method to keep unemployment down?

Cahuc, Pierre; Carcillo, Stéphane - 2011

2008-2009 crisis. This paper discusses the efficiency of this type of policy and investigates its impact on unemployment … unemployment during downturns. All in all, it seems that short-time work programs used in the recent downturn had significant …

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