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Employment stability of entrants in newly founded firms: A matching approach using linked employer-employee data from Germany
Schnabel, Claus; Kohaut, Susanne; Brixy, Udo - 2008
Die Arbeit analysiert unter Verwendung eines verbundenen Arbeitgeber-Arbeitnehmer-Datensatzes einige Auswirkungen des Eintritts in Neugründungen, wobei die Sicht von Individuen statt von Firmen eingenommen wird. Wir zeigen, dass Personen, die in neue Firmen eintreten, sich von Eintretenden in...
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Kombilohn oder Workfare? Zur Wirksamkeit zweier arbeitsmarktpolitischer Strategien
Bonin, Holger; Kempe, Wolfram; Schneider, Hilmar - 2002
Das heutige System der sozialen Mindestsicherung verhindert in Deutschland die Ausbildung eines Niedriglohnsektors … sind. Ein alternativer, ursachenorientierter Ansatz ist die Senkung des sozialen Leistungsniveaus durch Workfare. Eine … of a workfare strategy. The potential wages of transfer recipients, estimated on the basis of the German Socio …
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Unemployment accounts and employment incentives
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Orszag, Jonathan Michael; Snower, … - 2006
We explore the far-reaching implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB) systems by an unemployment accounts (UA) system. Under the UA system, employed people are required to make ongoing contributions to their UAs and the balances in these accounts are available to them during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010272954
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Die Wirkung der Hartz-Reform im Bereich der beruflichen Weiterbildung
Schneider, Hilmar; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2006
The so-called Hartz reform has introduced fundamental changes for publicly sponsored training in Germany. This concerns primarily the emission of training vouchers as an exclusive allocation device, allowing potential participants free choice among training providers within a given training...
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Explaining the Employability Gap of Short-term and Long-term Unemployed Persons
Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2008
This paper analyzes the determinants of employability differences between short-term and long-term unemployed persons. Knowing these differences could help to address active labor market policy programs more adequately to the needs of the job-seekers in order to increase employment integration....
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Household Labor Supply Effects of Low-Wage Subsidies in Germany
Schneider, Hilmar; Kempe, Wolfram; Bonin, Holger - 2002
This research evaluates the impact on German household labor supply of various subsidy schemes proposed to foster low-wage employment. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we estimate a discrete choice model of household labor supply. On the basis of the estimated labor supply...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262335
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Income support systems, labor market policies and labor supply: the German experience
Caliendo, Marco - 2009
In view of the demographic trends, most EU countries face the problem of a declining work force in the future. Understanding the interaction between income support systems (such as unemployment benefits, social assistance, early retirement and pension systems) and total labor supply is of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269676
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Income support systems, labor market policies and labor supply: The German experience
Caliendo, Marco - 2009
In view of the demographic trends, most EU countries face the problem of a declining work force in the future. Understanding the interaction between income support systems (such as unemployment benefits, social assistance, early retirement and pension systems) and total labor supply is of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273931
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Kombilöhne und Mindestlöhne als Instrumente der Beschäftigungspolitik: Erfahrungen und Handlungsoptionen
Eichhorst, Werner - 2006
The paper reviews national and international experiences with different combinations of in-work benefits, subsidized employment, statutory minimum wages and implicit minimum wages defined by social assistance provisions. It calls for a cautious approach regarding the introduction of additional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268100
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Interactions between employment and training policies
Oskamp, Frank; Snower, Dennis J. - 2007
This paper examines the interactions between employment and training policies. Their effectiveness in stimulating income may be interdependent for various important reasons. For example, the more employment policies stimulate the employment rate, the greater the length of time over which workers...
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