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Wage losses and inequality in developing countries : labor market and distributional consequences of Covid-19 lockdowns in Turkey
Duman, Anil - 2020
We develop a possibility to work index (PWI) taking the ability to work from home and workplace closures into account. By using the data from the HLFS in Turkey, we examine the individual level determinants of PWI. Our findings reveal that PWI and ability to work from home are significantly...
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The distributional consequences of social distancing on poverty and labour income inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Delaporte, Isaure; Escobar, Julia; Peña, Werner - 2021 - Current version: April 15, 2021
This paper estimates the potential distributional consequences of the first phase of the COVID-19 lockdowns on poverty and labour income inequality in 20 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. We estimate the share of individuals that are potentially able to remain active under the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012500915
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The distributional consequences of social distancing on poverty and labour income inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Delaporte, Isaure; Escobar, Julia; Peña, Werner - 2020
This paper evaluates the distributional consequences of social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic on poverty and labour income inequality in 20 Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. We gather detailed information from national laws and decrees on the strictness and the duration of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012297318
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Is a minimum wage an appropriate instrument for redistribution?
Gerritsen, Aart; Jacobs, Bas - 2014
minimum wage causes more unemployment, but also leads to more skill formation as unemployment is concentrated on low … gains of more skill formation outweigh the social welfare losses of increased unemployment. Using a highly conservative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010234542
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Inequality in the impact of the coronavirus shock : evidence from real time surveys
Adams-Prassl, Abi; Boneva, Teodora; Golin, Marta; Rauh, … - 2020
We present real time survey evidence from the UK, US and Germany showing that the labor market impacts of COVID-19 differ considerably across countries. Employees in Germany, which has a well-established short-time work scheme, are substantially less likely to be affected by the crisis. Within...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012207117
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Inequality in the impact of the Coronavirus shock : evidence from real time surveys
Adams-Prassl, Abi; Boneva, Teodora; Golin, Marta; Rauh, … - 2020
We present real time survey evidence from the UK, US and Germany showing that the labor market impacts of COVID-19 differ considerably across countries. Employees in Germany, which has a well-established short-time work scheme, are substantially less likely to be affected by the crisis. Within...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012211549
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The fall in German unemployment : a flow analysis
Carrillo-Tudela, Carlos; Launov, Andrey; Robin, Jean-Marc - 2018
In this paper we investigate the recent fall in unemployment, and the rise in part-time work, labour market … participation, inequality and welfare in Germany. Unemployment fell because the Hartz IV reform induced a large fraction of the long …. Overall we find that Germany increased welfare as unemployment fell. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011821427
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Do businessmen make good governors?
Neumeier, Florian - 2015 - This version: 29 June 2015
business background (CEO governors), focusing on the growth rate of real personal income per capita, unemployment rate, and … annual income growth rate and a 0.6 percentage points lower unemployment rate than are the tenures of non-CEO governors. Also …
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Fairness as a source of hysteresis in employment and relative wages
Skott, Peter - 2004
This paper analyses the influence of norms of fairness on wage formation. Fairness is defined by "real-wage" and "relative-wage" norms that relate wage offers to workers' own current wage and to the wages of other groups of workers, and, to avoid shirking, firms pay fair wages. The wage norms...
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Can minimum wages raise workers' incomes in the long run?
Oikonomidēs, Geōrgios; Moutos, Thomas - 2016 - This Draft: May 2016
Using an intertemporal model of saving and capital accumulation with two types of agents (workers and capitalists) we demonstrate that it is impossible for any binding minimum wage to increase the after-tax incomes of workers if the production function is Cobb-Douglas with constant returns to...
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