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Gender and Time Use in a Global Context : The Economics of Employment and Unpaid Labor
Connelly, Rachel (ed.); Kongar, Ebru (ed.) - 2017
This edited volume uses a feminist approach to explore the economic implications of the complex interrelationship between gender and time use. Household composition, sexuality, migration patterns, income levels, and race/ethnicity are all considered as important factors that interact with gender...
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Tax Progression in OECD Countries : An Integrative Analysis of Tax Schedules and Income Distributions
Seidl, Christian - 2013
Introduction: Measuring Tax Progression -- Theories: Local Measures -- Global Measures -- Uniform Measures -- Applications: Data and Fiscal Institutions of the Surveyed Countries -- Numerical Results -- Statistical Tests -- Progression Intensity
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014016106
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The Changing Japanese Labor Market : Theory and Evidence
Kitagawa, Akiomi; Ohta, Souichi; Teruyama, Hiroshi - 2018
1 Overview -- Part 1: Theory -- 2 Flatter Wage Profiles and Reduced Lifetime Employment: A Simple Formalization -- 3 Ranking and Long-term Unemployment in a Model with Efficiency Wages -- Part II Evidence -- 4 Testing the Dual Structure of the Japanese Labor Market -- 5 Duration Dependence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013270837
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Experiencing Long-Term Unemployment in Europe : Youth on the Edge
Lahusen, Christian (ed.); Giugni, Marco (ed.) - 2016
This book examines the everyday-life patterns of young adults under circumstances of vulnerability and precariousness. Its main focus is on the web of social relations that structure the everyday life of young people, for instance by providing resources and tools of solving problems, exerting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397127
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The Job Guarantee and Modern Money Theory : Realizing Keynes’s Labor Standard
Murray, Michael J. (ed.); Forstater, Mathew (ed.) - 2017
The contributors to this edited collection argue that a flexible Job Guarantee program able to react to an economy’s fluctuating need for work would stabilize the labor standard, the value of employment in relation to money. During economic downturns, the program would expand to provide more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012397411
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A Feasible Basic Income Scheme for Germany : Effects on Labor Supply, Poverty, and Income Inequality
Sommer, Maximilian - 2016 - 1st ed. 2016
This book analyzes the consequences that would arise if Germany’s means-tested unemployment benefits were replaced with an unconditional basic income. The basic income scheme introduced is based on a negative income tax and calibrated to be both financially feasible and compatible with current...
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Arbeitsmarktökonomik
Franz, Wolfgang - 2013 - 8., akt. u. erg. Aufl. 2013
Lohnstrukturen -- VI Arbeitslosigkeit -- 9 Theorie und Empirie der Arbeitslosigkeit -- 10 Die Bekämpfung der Arbeitslosigkeit … Handlungsalternativen. Das Problem der Arbeitslosigkeit und ihre Bekämpfung nimmt hierbei einen besonders breiten Raum ein. Zahlreiche … und Lohnbildung VI Arbeitslosigkeit Die Zielgruppe Studierende der VWL, der BWL und der Sozialwissenschaften Praktiker …
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Bringing the Jobless into Work? : Experiences with Activation Schemes in Europe and the US
Eichhorst, Werner (contributor); Kaufmann, Otto (contributor) - 2008
This volume provides an up-to-date overview of activation strategies in unemployment benefit systems and social assistance in selected European countries and the United States. A particular focus lies on the development of activation schemes, governance and implementation as well as on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013521034
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Education and Labour Markets Outcomes : A French-German Comparison
Lauer, Charlotte (contributor) - 2005
This book offers a comprehensive empirical analysis of educational inequalities and their consequences on individual labor market outcomes for men and women in France and Germany, two countries with different education systems. Using microdata from the two countries, the analyses mainly rely on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013520578
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Die Lohnansprüche deutscher Arbeitsloser : Determinanten und Auswirkungen von Reservationslöhnen
Christensen, Björn (contributor) - 2005
Problemstellung -- Arbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland: Fakten und mögliche Erklärungen -- Ein einfaches Modell zur …Liegt eine Ursache der anhaltend hohen Arbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland in der Höhe der Lohnansprüche der Arbeitslosen … absenken und somit kaum zur Verringerung der Arbeitslosigkeit beitragen werden. …
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