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Employment, late-life work, retirement, and well-being in Europe and the United States
Nikolova, Milena; Graham, Carol - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 3 (2014) 5, pp. 1-30
Flexible work arrangements and retirement options provide one solution for the challenges of unemployment and …
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Working time accounts and firm performance in Germany
Bellmann, Lutz; Hübler, Olaf - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 4 (2015) 24, pp. 1-18
This study investigates whether working time accounts affect the performance of German establishments based on the Establishment Panel from the Institute for Employment Research. The major results are: productivity and investments are positively correlated with working time accounts. No...
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Old-age employment and hours of work trends : empirical analysis for four European countries
Aliaj, Arjeta; Flawinne, Xavier; Jousten, Alain; … - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 5 (2016) 16, pp. 1-22
For the last two decades, the increase of employment among individuals aged 50+ has been a policy objective on the European employment agenda. The present paper focuses on the case of Belgium, France, Germany, and The Netherlands over the period 1997–2011. First, we provide descriptive...
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Wage inequality, skill inequality, and employment : evidence and policy lessons from PIAAC
Jovicic, Sonja - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 5 (2016) 21, pp. 1-26
distribution is associated with high unemployment across core OECD countries. Wage dispersion and wage structure are widely debated … among policymakers; compressed wage structure is often perceived as an important cause of high unemployment. Firstly, this … countries have a more compressed wage structure, most likely caused by labor market institutions. We do not find an effect of …
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Co-movements between public and private wages in the EU : what factors and with what policy implications?
Marzinotto, Benedicta; Turrini, Alessandro - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 6 (2017) 2, pp. 1-16
large employer. Manufacturing compensations are better aligned with productivity and unemployment when general government …
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Wage flexibility and the great recession : the response of the Irish labour market
Doris, Aedín; O'Neill, Donal; Sweetman, Olive B. - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 4 (2015) 18, pp. 1-24
In this paper we examine nominal earnings flexibility in Ireland during the Great Recession. The Irish case is particularly interesting because it has been one of the countries most affected by the crisis. Using tax return data that are free of reporting error and cover the entire population of...
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Employment and wages before and after incarceration : evidence from Hungary
Czafit, Bence; Köllő, János - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 4 (2015) 21, pp. 1-21
We study the entry into legitimate employment and earnings of a large sample of convicts released from Hungarian prisons in 2002-08. The employment rate of the prisoners falls short of 20% one year before incarceration, and they earn 25% below the national average. We identify the effect of...
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The long-term earnings consequences of general vs. specific training of the unemployed
Stenberg, Anders; Westerlund, Olle - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 4 (2015) 22, pp. 1-26
Training programs for the unemployed typically involve training specific skills in demand amongst employers. In 1997, Swedish unemployed could also choose general schooling at the upper secondary level. This offers a unique opportunity to assess the theoretically ambiguous long-term relative...
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The effects of father's worklessness on young adults in the UK
Zwysen, Wouter - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 4 (2015) 2, pp. 1-15
Using the United Kingdom household longitudinal study (UKHLS), this paper shows the effect of experiencing a father being out of work on a range of labour market outcomes as young adults. Children of non-working fathers work less and are less satisfied while working despite similar wages and...
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