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The Impact of In-Work Benefits on Poverty and Household Labour Supply A Simulation Study for Switzerland
Gerfin, Michael; Leu, Robert E. - 2003
Income support for working low income families (the ?working poor?) is on top of the political agenda in Switzerland …-efficient reform. Minimum wages are ineffective in fighting poverty. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262720
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Would a legal minimum wage reduce poverty? A microsimulation study for Germany
Müller, Kai-Uwe; Steiner, Viktor - 2008
In view of rising wage inequality and increasing poverty, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become … ineffective in reducing poverty, even if it led to a substantial increase in hourly wages at the bottom of the wage distribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268677
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Wage Elasticity of the Teacher Supply in Switzerland
Wolter, Stefan C.; Denzler, Stefan - 2003
In order to learn more about the wage elasticity of the teacher supply in Switzerland, this paper estimates wages for … to the fact that teachers? salaries are generally high in Switzerland - teachers here enjoy a positive wage differential …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261950
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Does Subsidised Temporary Employment Get the Unemployed Back to Work? An Econometric Analysis of Two Different Schemes
Gerfin, Michael; Lechner, Michael; Steiger, Heidi - 2002
schemes of subsidised temporary employment implemented in Switzerland. One scheme operates as a non-profit employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262619
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Exploiting regional treatment intensity for the evaluation of labour market policies
Frölich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - 2006
We estimate the effects of active labour market policies (ALMP) on subsequent employment by nonparametric instrumental variables and matching estimators. Very informative administrative Swiss data with detailed regional information are combined with exogenous regional variation in programme...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267957
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Money matters: evidence from a large-scale randomized field experiment with vouchers for adult training
Messer, Dolores; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2009
This paper presents the results of a randomized experiment analyzing the use of vouchers for adult training. In 2006, 2,400 people were issued with a training voucher which they were entitled to use in payment for a training course of their choice. User behavior was compared with a control group...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268953
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Effects of adult education vouchers on the labor market: Evidence from a randomized field experiment
Schwerdt, Guido; Messer, Dolores; Woessmann, Ludger; … - 2011
education in Switzerland. We find no significant average effects of voucher-induced adult education on earnings, employment, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277272
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Work to live or live to work? Unemployment, happiness, and culture
Krause, Annabelle - 2011
by cultural background. To test the hypothesis of a 'Teutonic work ethic', this paper takes advantage of Switzerland in … significantly negative effect on life satisfaction in Switzerland. I furthermore present evidence which confirms to some extent the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282372
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Poverty, inequality, and the local natural resource curse
Loayza, Norman; Mier y Teran, Alfredo; Rigolini, Jamele - 2013
better average living standards than otherwise similar districts: larger household consumption, lower poverty rate, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293203
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Do poor children become poor adults? Lessons from a cross country comparison of generational earnings mobility
Corak, Miles - 2006
A cross country comparison of generational earnings mobility is offered, and the reasons for the degree to which the long run labour market success of children is related to that of their parents is examined. The rich countries differ significantly in the extent to which parental economic status...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332989