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We analyze the dramatic decline of the employment share of unskilled labor in the West German economy, in particular … skilled labor is rather low in most sectors of the economy. However, the substitution elasticity is relatively high for males … of the economy, the decline in the skills ratio, i.e. the employment share of unskilled relative to skilled workers …
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We analyze the dramatic decline of the employment share of unskilled labor in the West German economy, in particular … skilled labor is rather low in most sectors of the economy. However, the substitution elasticity is relatively high for males … of the economy, the decline in the skills ratio, i.e. the employment share of unskilled relative to skilled workers …
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We analyze the effect of imposed benefit sanctions on the unemployment-to-employment transition of unemployed people entitled to unemployment compensation on the basis of register data from the German Federal Employment Agency. We combine propensity score matching with a discrete-time hazard...
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In view of rising wage inequality and increasing poverty, the introduction of a legal minimum wage has recently become an important policy issue in Germany. We analyze the distributional effects of the introduction of a nationwide legal minimum wage of € 7.5 per hour on the basis of a...
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We analyze the effect of imposed benefit sanctions on the unemployment-to-employment transition of unemployed people entitled to unemployment compensation on the basis of register data from the German Federal Employment Agency. We combine propensity score matching with a discrete-time hazard...
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We analyze the labor supply and income effects of a needs-based minimum benefit system ("Bedarfsorientierte Mindestsicherung") to be introduced in Austria by the end of this/beginning of next year. The aim of this reform is to reduce poverty as well as increasing employment rates of recipients...
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