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Did the intergenerational solidarity pact increase the employment rate of older workers in Belgium? : a macro-econometric evaluation

Dejemeppe, Muriel; Smith, Catherine; Van der Linden, Bruno - 2015

In December 2005, the Belgian government adopted the law on the Intergenerational Solidarity Pact (ISP) aiming at increasing the employment rate of older workers. The main policies of the ISP consist in a pension bonus, reductions in employers' social security contributions and measures...

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Employment subsidies and substitutable skills : an equilibrium matching approach

Cardullo, Gabriele (contributor); … - 2006

on their interactions with the profile of unemployment benefits and with active labor market programs. -- unemployment … ; search-matching equilibrium ; wage bargaining ; reductions of social security contributions ; unemployment insurance ; labor …

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Beyond the labour income tax wedge : the unemployment-reducing effect of tax progressivity

Lehmann, Etienne; Lucifora, Claudio; Moriconi, Simone; … - 2013

the unemployment rate and increases the employment rate. From a theoretical point of view, higher progressivity induces a … average wage, we show that a more progressive taxation reduces the unemployment rate and increases the employment rate. These …

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