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Social protection as an automatic stabilizer

Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas - 2010

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of social protection systems in Europe and the US to provide (income) insurance … income shock and 47% of an idiosyncratic unemployment shock in Europe, compared to 32% and 34% in the US. There is large … heterogeneity within Europe with stabilization being much lower in Eastern and Southern than in Central and Northern Europe. Our …

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Who cares for you at home? : personal and household services in Europe

Angermann, Annette; Eichhorst, Werner - 2013

Personal and household services have grown in importance as a potential area of employment creation. By formalizing personal and household services, not only can service jobs be created with providers, but also private households can be relieved from informal work in order that women in...

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Youth unemployment in Europe : what to do about it?

Eichhorst, Werner; Hinte, Holger; Rinne, Ulf - 2013

Youth unemployment has become a severe economic and societal problem in many European countries. This paper gives an overview of the current situation and assesses different policy options. It emphasizes the role of stronger intra-EU mobility of young workers, policies to make vocational...

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Youth unemployment in Mediterranean countries

Eichhorst, Werner; Neder, Franziska - 2014

In all Mediterranean countries youth unemployment has reached alarming record levels. This paper analyses the current situation in France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain. In all countries school dropout rates are high, returns to education are low and the transition from education to work is...

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