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Unemployment in the European Union : a dynamic reappraisal
Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Hector; Snower, Dennis J. - 2002
This paper examines the movements in EU unemployment from two perspectives: (a) the NRU/NAIRU perspective, in which … unemployment movements are attributed largely to changes in the long-run equilibrium unemployment rate and (b) the chain …-reaction perspective, in which unemployment movements are viewed as the outcome of the interplay between labor market shocks and prolonged …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011412080
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Incentive models of the labour market
Brown, Alessio J. G. - 2009
policies for the welfare state are analysed: Unemployment accounts, employment subsidies and flexicurity. Finally, a new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010460018
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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, in which firms' job offer and workers' job acceptance decisions are disentangled. Minimum wages reduce job offer incentives and increase job acceptance incentives. We show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010238837
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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, in which firms' job offer and workers' job acceptance decisions are disentangled. Minimum wages reduce job offer incentives and increase job acceptance incentives. We show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369825
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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, in which firms' job offer and workers' job acceptance decisions are disentangled. Minimum wages reduce job offer incentives and increase job acceptance incentives. We show that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010371904
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From unemployment benefits to unemployment accounts
Orszag, Jonathan Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - 2002
system, people are in effect rewarded for being unemployed (through the unemployment benefits) and penalized for being …We explore the implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB) systems by unemployment accounts (UA). Under … the UA system, employed people would be required to make ongoing contributions to their unemployment accounts, and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011412084
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Unemployment accounts for Germany
Boss, Alfred; Brown, Alessio J. G.; Snower, Dennis J. - 2007 - December 2007 (this revised version)
We present a proposal for reforming unemployment assistance in Germany through the introduction of unemployment … accounts (UAs). Instead of paying taxes that finance the unemployment assistance, employed people make ongoing contributions to … their UAs and can make withdrawals from these accounts during periods of unemployment. The aim of this policy proposal is to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451872
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Can insider power affect employment?
Díaz-Vázquez, Pilar; Snower, Dennis J. - 2002
Do firms reduce employment when their insiders (established, incumbent employees) claim higher wages? The conventional answer in the theoretical literature is that insider power has no influence on employment, provided that the newly hired employees (entrants) receive their reservation wages....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411604
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From unemployment benefits to unemployment accounts
Orszag, Jonathan Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - 2002
system, people are in effect rewarded for being unemployed (through the unemployment benefits) and penalized for being …We explore the implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB) systems by unemployment accounts (UA). Under … the UA system, employed people would be required to make ongoing contributions to their unemployment accounts, and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265555
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Beschäftigungskonten für Deutschland
Boss, Alfred; Brown, Alessio J. G.; Snower, Dennis J. - 2007
We present a proposal for reforming unemployment assistance in Germany through the introduction of unemployment … accounts (UAs). Instead of paying taxes that finance the unemployment assistance, employed people make ongoing contributions to … their UAs and can make withdrawals from these accounts during periods of unemployment. The aim of this policy proposal is to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011453714