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Open borders, transport links and local labor markets
Åslund, Olof; Engdahl, Mattias - 2013
across-the-border work is likely to be more common. There is no robust evidence on an impact on employment or wages. At least …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321124
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Does Immigration into Their Neighborhoods Incline Voters Toward the Extreme Right? The Case of the Freedom Party of Austria
Halla, Martin; Wagner, Alexander F.; Zweimüller, Josef - 2012
This paper explores one potentially important channel through which immigration may drive support for extreme right …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294847
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Immigration and voting for the extreme right
Halla, Martin; Wagner, Alexander F.; Zweimüller, Josef - 2012
-country correlation between the election success of ERW parties and immigration. Motivated by this evidence, we explore one potentially … important channel through which immigration may drive support for ERW parties: the presence of immigrants in the voters … features of the history of immigration into Austria to identify a causal effect of immigration on ERW voting results. We argue …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332038
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Does immigration into their neighborhoods incline voters toward the extreme right? The case of the freedom Party of Austria
Halla, Martin; Wagner, Alexander F.; Zweimüller, Josef - 2012
This paper explores one potentially important channel through which immigration may drive support for extreme …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316869
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The value of earning for learning: Performance bonuses in immigrant language training
Åslund, Olof; Engdahl, Mattias - 2012
We study the effects of performance bonuses in immigrant language training for adults. A Swedish policy pilot conducted in 2009-2010 gave a randomly assigned group of municipalities the right to grant substantial cash bonuses to recently arrived migrants. The results suggest substantial effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321114
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Open borders, transport links and local labor markets
Åslund, Olof; Engdahl, Mattias - 2013
across-the-border work is likely to be more common. There is no robust evidence on an impact on employment or wages. At least …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321372
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The value of earning for learning: Performance bonuses in immigrant language training
Åslund, Olof; Engdahl, Mattias - 2013
We study the effects of performance bonuses in immigrant language training for adults. A Swedish policy pilot conducted in 2009 - 2010 gave a randomly assigned group of municipalities the right to grant substantial cash bonuses to recently arrived migrants. The results suggest substantial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321384
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Extended unemployment benefits and early retirement: Program complementarity and program substitution
Inderbitzin, Lukas; Staubli, Stefan; Zweimüller, Josef - 2013
This paper explores how extended unemployment insurance (UI) benefits targeted to older workers affect early retirement and social welfare. The trade-off of optimal UI between consumption smoothing and moral hazard requires accounting for the entire early retirement system, which often includes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316883
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Does raising the retirement age increase employment of older workers?
Staubli, Stefan; Zweimüller, Josef - 2012
Two pension reforms in Austria increased the early retirement age from 60 to 62 for men and from 55 to 58.25 for women. The reforms reduced early retirement by 18.9 percentage points among affected men aged 60-62 and by 22.3 percentage points among affected women aged 55-58.25. The associated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316918
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Applying for jobs: Does ALMP participation help?
Lalive, Rafael; Morlok, Michael; Zweimüller, Josef - 2011
This paper calculates the impact of Active Labour Market Programmes through the use of three new indicators measuring the application performance of the unemployed. These indicators can be measured repeatedly and therefore allow the usage of Panel Regression methods, cancelling out any...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316934