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Expanding the welfare system: a proposal for reform

Orszag, Jonathan Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - In: The welfare state in Europe: Challenges and reforms, (pp. 101-117). 1998

accounts: a retirement account (covering pensions), an unemployment account (covering unemployment support), a human capital … account (covering education and training), and a health account (covering insurance against sickness and disability). Instead … may be expected to play a substantial role in reducing unemployment, encouraging labour force participation, promoting …

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Immigration und Arbeitsmarkt: Eine oekonomische Perspektive

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1998

Based on the current European discussion about immigration policy, this paper gives an overview of central economic consequences of immigration for a host country?s labor market. The most important theoretical arguments are presented and evaluated against the available empirical evidence. The...

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Aufkommens-, Beschäftigungs- und Wachstumswirkungen einer Steuerreform nach dem Vorschlag von Mitschke

Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas; Schaefer, Thilo - 2005

Das vorliegende Gutachten untersucht die Auswirkungen einer Neuordnung des deutschen Ertragsteuersystems nach dem Vorschlag von Joachim Mitschke (2004) auf Steueraufkommen, Beschäftigung und Wirtschaftswachstum. Grundlage der Analyse ist das Steuer-Transfer-Simulationsmodell FiFoSiM des...

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Macroeconomic Impacts of ALMP on the Matching Process in West Germany

Hujer, Reinhard; Zeiss, Christopher - 2003

This paper investigates the macroeconomic effects of job creation schemes and vocational training on the matching … from 1999 to 2003. The empirical model relies on a dynamic version of a matching function augmented by ALMP. In order to … results obtained from our estimates indicate that vocational training does not significantly affect the matching process and …

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On the interplay between Keynesian and supply side economics

Karanassou, Marika; Snower, Dennis J. - 2007

Conventional wisdom suggests that nominal, demand-side shocks have only temporary effects on real macroeconomic magnitudes and that the duration of their effects depends on the degree of nominal inertia. It is also argued that, in the absence of unit roots, temporary supply-side shocks also have...

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The Unemployment Challenge in Europe

Nickell, Stephen - In: CESifo Forum 11 (2010) 1, pp. 3-6

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Unemployment Crisis - Challenge and Opportunity

Ljungqvist, Lars - In: CESifo Forum 11 (2010) 1, pp. 7-13

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Screening through activation: Differential effects of a youth activation programme

Hall, Caroline King Barnard; Kotakorpi, Kaisa; … - 2016

traditional predictors of poor labour market outcomes (e.g. education and school dropout status), we find a strong concentration …

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On the political economics of tax reforms

Castanheira, Micael; Nicodème, Gaëtan; Profeta, Paola - 2011

There is often a gap between the prescriptions of an optimal tax system and actual tax systems, some of which can be neither efficient economically nor efficient at redistributing income. With a focus on personal income taxes, this paper reviews the political economics literature on tax systems...

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Labor market effects of unemployment insurance design

Tatsiramos, Konstantinos; van Ours, Jan C. - 2012

With the emergence of the Great Recession unemployment insurance (UI) is once again at the heart of the policy debate …

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