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Testing the effectiveness of the French work-sharing reform : a forecasting approach
Logeay, Camille; Schreiber, Sven - 2005 - This revision: July 2004
The authors analyse the macroeconomic impact of the French work-sharing reform of 2000 (a reduction of standard working hours in combination with wage subsidies). Using a vector error correction model (VECM) for several labour market variables as well as inflation and output the authors produce...
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Germany's post-2000 stagnation in the European context - a lesson in macroeconomic mismanagement
Hein, Eckhard; Truger, Achim - 2006
In the present paper we question the mainstream diagnosis of Germany's post-2000 stagnation as well as the prescribed remedies. We show that the "institutional sclerosis" view of Germany's stagnation is unfounded and that therefore the political measures proposed and actually taken are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003744530
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Labour market institutions in Hungary with a focus on wage and employment flexibility
Horváth, Hedvig (contributor); Szalai, Zoltán (contributor) - 2008
(unemployment generosity, tax wedge, active labour market policies, employment protection legislation, product market regulation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003790668
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Perceived job insecurity and well-being revisited : towards conceptual clarity
Geishecker, Ingo - 2010
with subsequent unemployment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008825072
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Review of youth unemployment, underemployment and poverty in Nigeria : implications for policy makers
Dike, Victor E. - In: African journal of business and economic research : AJBER 5 (2010) 1, pp. 91-112
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003987958
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Inequalities, employment and income convergence in Europe : evidence from regional data
Galbraith, James K.; Garcilazo-Corredera, José Enrique - In: International review of applied economics 24 (2010) 3, pp. 359-377
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008653299
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Impact of labor market institutions on unemployment : results from a global panel
Vandenberg, Paul - 2010
increasing unemployment. A key question is which policies have this effect. Using a 3-year panel of 90 countries, the study finds … that the unemployment rate is affected by the existence, duration, and replacement rate of unemployment insurance. Hiring … unemployment. These results are broadly in line with the extensive literature on countries of the Organisation for Economic Co …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008658790
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Changing identity : retiring from unemployment
Hetschko, Clemens; Knabe, Andreas; Schöb, Ronnie - 2011
Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel from 1984-2009, we follow persons from their working life into their retirement years and find that, on average, employed people maintain their life satisfaction upon retirement, while long-term unemployed people report a substantial increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009357440
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Migration and wage-setting : reassessing the labor market effects of migration
Brücker, Herbert; Jahn, Elke J. - In: The Scandinavian journal of economics 113 (2011) 2, pp. 286-317
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The effect of subsidized employment on happiness
Crost, Benjamin - 2011
While a large body of evidence suggests that unemployment and self-reported happiness are negatively correlated, it is … not clear whether this reflects a causal effect of unemployment on happiness and whether subsidized employment can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009154493