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Under heavy pressure : intense monitoring and accumulation of sanctions for young welfare recipients in Germany
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Uhlendorff, Arne; Wolff, Joachim - 2017
With the introduction of a new welfare benefit system in 2005, Germany implemented quite strict benefit sanctions for welfare recipients aged younger than 25 years. For all types of non-compliance except for missing appointments, their basic cash benefit is withdrawn for three months. A second...
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The interaction between retirement and job search : a global approach to older workers employment
Hairault, Jean-Olivier (contributor);  … - 2006
unemployment benefits for older workers helps explain the low rate of employment just before the early retirement age. Decreasing … activity not only decreases the participation rate by inducing early retirement, but also badly affects the employment rate of … older workers just before early retirement age. Countries with an early retirement age at 60 also have lower employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003283431
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The Interaction between Retirement and Job Search : A Global Approach to Older Workers Employment
Hairault, Jean-Olivier - 2006
unemployment benefits for older workers helps explain the low rate of employment just before the early retirement age. Decreasing … activity not only decreases the participation rate by inducing early retirement, but also badly affects the employment rate of … older workers just before early retirement age. Countries with an early retirement age at 60 also have lower employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012780624
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Distance to retirement and older workers' employment : the case for delaying the retirement age
Hairault, Jean-Olivier; Langot, François; Sopraseuth, … - In: Journal of the European Economic Association 8 (2010) 5, pp. 1034-1076
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The impact of sanctions for young welfare recipients on transitions to work and wages and on dropping out
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Uhlendorff, Arne; Wolff, Joachim - 2019
The reintegration of young welfare recipients into the labor market is a major policy goal in many European countries. In this context monitoring and sanctions are important policy tools. In this paper, we analyze the impact of strict sanctions on job search outcomes for young welfare recipients...
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The impact of sanctions for young welfare recipients on transitions to work and wages and on dropping out
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Uhlendorff, Arne; Wolff, Joachim - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012249248
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Seniority wages and the role of firms in retirement
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Horvath, Gerard Thomas; … - 2015
In general, retirement is seen as a pure labor supply phenomenon, but firms can have strong incentives to send … expensive older workers into retirement. Based on the seniority wage model developed by Lazear (1979), we discuss steep … seniority wage profiles as incentives for firms to dismiss older workers before retirement. Conditional on individual retirement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011341771
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Seniority wages and the role of firms in retirement
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Horvath, Gerard Thomas; … - 2015
In general, retirement is seen as a pure labor supply phenomenon, but firms can have strong incentives to send … expensive older workers into retirement. Based on the seniority wage model developed by Lazear (1979), we discuss steep … seniority wage profiles as incentives for firms to dismiss older workers before retirement. Conditional on individual retirement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011296070
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Seniority wages and the role of firms in retirement
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Horvath, Gerard Thomas; … - 2015
In general, retirement is seen as a pure labor supply phenomenon, but firms can have strong incentives to send … expensive older workers into retirement. Based on the seniority wage model developed by Lazear (1979), we discuss steep … seniority wage profiles as incentives for firms to dismiss older workers before retirement. Conditional on individual retirement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011296975
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Sanctions for young welfare recipients
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Uhlendorff, Arne; Wolff, Joachim - 2013
Social welfare systems usually imply specific obligations for benefit recipients. If a recipient does not comply with these obligations, a sanction involving a punitive benefits reduction may be imposed. In this paper we give an overview of the literature on the effects of sanctions in social...
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