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The Association Between Own Unemployment and Violence Victimization Among Female Youths
Tertilt, Michèle; Berg, Gerard J. van den - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 235 (2015) 4-5, pp. 499-516
Summary We estimate the association between the unemployment status of young women and the probability that they are subject to violence, using Swedish population register data covering the period 1999-2008. These data contain the highest-level classification of diagnoses made by medical experts...
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The association between own unemployment and violence victimization among female youths
Terilt, Michèle; Berg, Gerard J. van den - In: Jahrbücher für Nationalökonomie und Statistik 235 (2015) 4/5, pp. 499-513
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011473311
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The minimum wage from a two-sided perspective
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - 2014
This paper sheds new light on the effects of the minimum wage on employment from a two-sided theoretical perspective … incentives and increase job acceptance incentives. We show that sufficiently low minimum wages may do no harm to employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010332009
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Incentives and complementarities of flexicurity
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Snower, Dennis J. - 2009
full Danish flexicurity set of policies (low employment protection, high unemployment benefits and workfare). Our results …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265238
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Unemployment accounts and employment incentives
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Orszag, Jonathan Michael; Snower, … - 2006
people’s employment incentives and could achieve reductions in unemployment without reducing the level of support to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272954
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Unemployment accounts and employment incentives
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Orszag, Jonathan Michael; Snower, … - 2006
people?s employment incentives and could achieve reductions in unemployment without reducing the level of support to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272967
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An incentive theory of matching
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - 2009
This paper presents a theory explaining the labor market matching process through microeconomic incentives. There are heterogeneous variations in the characteristics of workers and jobs, and firms face adjustment costs in responding to these variations. Matches and separations are described...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277955
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Comparing the effectiveness of employment subsidies
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - 2007
This paper analyses theoretically and empirically how employment subsidies should be targeted. We contrast measures … efficiency (AWE). Thereby we can identify policies that (a) improve employment and welfare, (b) do not raise earnings inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277966
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Comparing the effectiveness of employment subsidies
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - 2006
This paper provides a theoretical and quantitative analysis of various types of wellknown employment subsidies. Two … important questions are addressed: (i) How should employment subsidies be targeted? (ii) How large should the subsidies be? We …) improve employment and welfare, (b) do not raise earnings inequality and (c) are self-financing. This criterion enables us to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277977
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An incentive theory of matching
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - 2009
This paper presents a theory explaining the labor market matching process through microeconomic incentives. There are heterogeneous variations in the characteristics of workers and jobs, and firms face adjustment costs in responding to these variations. Matches and separations are described...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278021