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Essays on Temporary Work Agencies and the Economic Analysis of Law
Westéus, Morgan - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2014
Paper [I] adds to the theoretical literature on the incentives of Temporary Work Agencies (TWAs). Using a principal-agent model with hidden action to model two main types of contracts between a TWA and a Client Firm (CF), the TWA is shown to potentially act against the best interest of the CF...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011019142
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Employment Effects of the EU Temporary and Agency Workers Directive in Sweden
Westéus, Morgan - Institutionen för Nationalekonomi, Umeå Universitet - 2014
This paper analyses possible effects on total employment, and the distribution between agency work and regular contracts as a consequence of the Swedish implementation of the EU Temporary and Agency Workers Directive in a dual labour market Mortensen-Pissarides search model. The directive states...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010961527
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The distribution of unemployment in Spanish regions: A spatial filtering approach with panel data
Buendía Azorín, Buendía Azorín , José Daniel; … - In: INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH (2013) 27, pp. 143-154
Geographical distribution of unemployment rates has been analyzed from different methodological perspectives in … theoretical and empirical studies. In recent years, researcher on regional unemployment persistence which deals with the spatial … autocorrelation in the levels and dynamics of unemployment has increased. Following this line, our study presents new evidence about …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010992307
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Does the Link between Unemployment and Crime Depend on the Crime Level? A Quantile Regression Approach
Entorf, Horst; Sieger, Philip - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
between unemployment and crime also depends on preexisting local crime levels. In order to analyze conjectured nonlinearities … quantile regressions confirm the positive link between unemployment and crime for property crimes, results for assault differ …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010812502
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National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, Poverty and Prices in Rural India
Gaiha, Raghav; Kulkarni, Vani S.; Pandey, Manoj K.; … - Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National … - 2009
realise the poverty reducing potential of this scheme, a policy imperative is to ensure a speedier matching of demand and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005012107
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SMES CONTRIBUTION TO EMPLOYMENT IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA, QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT
STRATAN, Alexandru; ACULAI, Elena - In: Romanian Journal of Economics 37 (2013) 2(46), pp. 5-19
The problem of employment has been the issue of concern to European governments in recent years. An important role in job creation belongs to SMEs. The purpose of this article is the analysis and evaluation of quantitative and qualitative characteristics of employment in SMEs in the Republic of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010901904
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"Reorienting Fiscal Policy after the Great Recession"
Tcherneva, Pavlina R. - Levy Economics Institute - 2012
The paper evaluates the fiscal policy initiatives during the Great Recession in the United States. It argues that, although the nonconventional fiscal policies targeted at the financial sector dwarfed the conventional countercyclical stabilization efforts directed toward the real sector, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010548098
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Human Capital Formation during Communism and Transition: Evidence from Bulgaria
Simeonova-Ganeva, Ralitsa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
Is it true that communist countries had well-developed human capital, or is it just a myth? What were human capital stocks at the beginning of transition to market economy? What happened to human capital formation during the transition? We attempt to answer these questions using evidence from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009325662
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Demographic Pressure in the European Union
Peeters, Marga; Groot, Loek - Economics and Econometrics Research Institute (EERI) - 2012
On top of the sovereign debt crisis in the European Union, demographic change is exerting enormous pressure on public finances. We analyse four policy options: lowering pension benefits, increasing labour market participation of the native population, immigration and participation of older...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010556721
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The Austrian Labor Market and the Great Recession: Developments and Measures Taken
Stiglbauer, Alfred - In: Monetary Policy & the Economy (2010) 3, pp. 25-44
, unemployment figures and the number of participants in training programs by the Austrian Public Employment Service are still higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694193