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A European Perspective on Long‐Term Unemployment

Eichhorst, Werner; Neder, Franziska; Tobsch, Verena; … - 2015

In contrast to the recently decreasing unemployment rates in the EU, long-term unemployment remains at alarming levels. An economic recovery will not be sufficient to get all long-term unemployed back to work; rather, there is a need for effective policies addressing the long-term unemployed. To...

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The Growing American Health Penalty: International Trends in the Employment of Older Workers with Poor Health

Baumberg Geiger, Ben; Böheim, René; Leoni, Thomas - 2018

that those in poor health in the USA have experienced a unique deterioration: they have not only seen a widening gap to the …) signs that the health employment gap shrank. We then examine possible explanations for the development in the USA: we find … no evidence it links to labour market trends, but possible links to the USA's lack of disability benefit reform – which …

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Insurance, Redistribution, and the Inequality of Lifetime Income

Haan, Peter; Kemptner, Daniel; Prowse, Victoria L. - 2018

In this paper, we study how the tax-and-transfer system reduces the inequality of lifetime income by redistributing lifetime earnings between individuals with different skill endowments and by providing individuals with insurance against lifetime earnings risk. Based on a dynamic life-cycle...

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Why are so many disabled individuals not working in Spain? A job search approach

Silva, José I.; Vall-Castello, Judit - 2012

Unlike other disability systems in developed economies, the Spanish system allows partially disabled individuals to work while receiving disability benefits. The puzzle is, however, that employment rates in this group of individuals are very low. The aim of this paper is to understand the...

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Technology, Labour Market Institutions and Early Retirement: Evidence from Finland

Yashiro, Naomitsu; Kyyrä, Tomi; Hwang, Hyunjeong; … - 2020

There are two major barriers to increasing employment of older workers. First, older workers engaged in codifiable, routine tasks are particularly prone to the risk of being displaced by computers and robots. Second, several countries have in place various labour market institutions that...

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Why Are So Many Disabled Individuals Not Working in Spain? A Job Search Approach

Silva, José I.; Vall Castello, Judit - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

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Applications to the U.S. Disability System: A Semiparametric Approach for Men and Women

Riphahn, Regina T.; Kreider, Brent - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1998

This study investigates the determinants of applications for U.S. disability benefits between 1986 and 1993 using a semiparametric discrete factor procedure separately for men and women. Approximating a dynamic optimization model, the estimation accounts for a variety of potential biases that...

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The Changing Profile of Mexican Migrants to the United States: New Evidence from California and Mexico

Cornelius, Wayne A.; Marcelli, Enrico A. - 2000

Using recent data from southern California and Mexico we challenge the notion that the demographic profile of post-1970 Mexican migrants to the United States has remained constant. We find that more recent cohorts of migrants: (1) are more likely to settle permanently in the United States, (2)...

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The narrowing of the US gender earnings gap, 1959 - 1999: a cohort-based analysis

Weinberger, Catherine; Kuhn, Peter - 2006

Using Census and Current Population Survey data spanning 1959 through 1999, we assess the relative contributions of two factors to the decline in the gender wage gap: changes across cohorts in the relative slopes of men's and women's age-earnings profiles, versus changes in relative earnings...

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Economic mobility, family background, and the well-being of children in the United States and Canada

Corak, Miles; Curtis, Lori; Phipps, Shelley - 2010

This comparative study of the relationship between family economic background and adult outcomes in the United States and Canada addresses three questions. First, is there something to explain? We suggest that the existing literature finds that there are significant differences in the degree of...

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