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Human capital dynamics and the U.S. labor market
Fang, Lei; Nie, Jun - 2014
The high U.S. unemployment rate after the Great Recession is usually considered to be a result of changes in factors … in the unemployment rate, these factors should have influenced workers' and firms' decisions. Therefore, it is important … factors affect the unemployment rate. To address this issue, we estimate a Mortensen-Pissarides style of labor-market matching …
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Institutions and labor market outcomes in the Netherlands
Gautier, Pieter A.; van der Klaauw, Bas - 2009
force participation is high and the unemployment rate is low (also for young workers). Among the unemployed there are … and Dutch workers have relatively low working hours. Disability is high, particularly among young individuals. We discuss …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273960
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The employment effects of collective bargaining
Fanfani, Bernardo - 2020
This paper presents a model where wage differences between men and women arise from taste-based discrimination and monopsonistic mechanisms. We show how preferences against women affect heterogeneity in firms' pay policies in the context of an imperfect labour market, deriving a test for the...
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How do income-support systems in the UK affect labour force participation?
Brewer, Mike - 2009
through disability. In general, the low generosity of out-of-work benefits means that positive incentives to work exist for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273971
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Wage subsidies, job-displacement and Swedish firms: A comparison between policy systems
Lombardi, Stefano; Nordström Skans, Oskar; Vikström, Johan - 2018
This paper studies how New Start Jobs (Nystartsjobb) and Employment Subsidies Anställningsstöd) affect Swedish firms. We study effects on the number of employees, firm performance and other firm level outcomes. We use Swedish administrative data from the period 1998-2008. One result is that...
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What works and for whom: a review of OECD countries' experiences with active labour market policies
Martin, John P.; Grubb, David - 2001
unemployed people to accept job offers can be effective with respect to unemployment duration, but more rapid returns to work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321079
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Kriz ve İşsizlik: Başarı Örnekleri ve Çözüm Önerileri
Öz, Sumru - 2010
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Political economy of labor market policies for current labor market transformations in Europe
Favero, Fausto - 2022
Within the past decades, employment precariousness has emerged as an alarming phenomenon afflicting labor markets across Europe. While the spread of job insecurity can be traced to specific mechanisms and processes triggered by recent macroeconomic developments, evidence shows how mainstream...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013190392
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The Effect of Health on Income: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Commuting Accidents
Halla, Martin; Zweimüller, Martina - 2011
workers are more likely unemployed, and a growing share of them leaves the labor market via disability retirement. Those …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294889
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Artificial intelligence and worker stress: Evidence from Germany
Koch, Michael; Lodefalk, Magnus - 2024
We use individual survey data providing detailed information on stress, technology adoption, and work, worker, and employer characteristics, in combination with recent measures of AI and robot exposure, to investigate how new technologies affect worker stress. We find a persistent negative...
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