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The German statutory minimum wage and its effects on regional employment and unemployment
Bonin, Holger; Isphording, Ingo Eduard; Krause-Pilatus, … - 2019
This paper studies the effects of the introduction of Germany's statutory minimum wage in 2015 on employment and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140777
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Why go to France or Germany, if you could as well go to the UK or the US?: selective features of immigration to four major OECD countries
Geis, Wido; Uebelmesser, Silke; Werding, Martin - 2008
of migrants to four countries, viz. France, Germany, the UK and the US, which receive a substantial share of all …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264459
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„Arbeitsplatzausstattung“ und „Arbeitsplatzlücke“ nach Geschlechtern in Ost- und Westdeutschland
Brautzsch, Hans-Ulrich; Fuchs, Johann; Lang, Cornelia - 2006
The paper investigates (a) the number and structure of available jobs by gender in East and West Germany, (b) the gap … between the supply and demand of jobs by gender in both regions and (c) the reasons for the wider "job gap" in East Germany … compared with West Germany. The paper uses data from the Regional National Accounts and the Federal Labor Office. The analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269955
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The Dynamics of Local Employment in France
Combes, Pierre-Philippe; Magnac, Thierry; Robin, Jean-Marc - 2004
We study the impact of local economic structure on employment dynamics. Local employment is decomposed into the product of the average plant size and the number of plants in the area and industry. We estimate the dynamics of both components simultaneously using French yearly data on 36...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261824
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Retaining through training: Even for older workers
Picchio, Matteo; van Ours, Jan C. - 2011
This paper investigates whether on-the-job training has an effect on the employability of workers. Using data from the Netherlands we disentangle the true effect of training incidence from the spurious one determined by unobserved individual heterogeneity. We also take into account that there...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278680
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Alternative approaches to evaluation in empirical microeconomics
Blundell, Richard W.; Dias, Monica Costa - 2002
Four alternative but related approaches to empirical evaluation of policy interventions are studied: social experiments, natural experiments, matching methods, and instrumental variables. In each case the necessary assumptions and the data requirements are considered for estimation of a number...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010318482
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The Unaccompanied Refugee Minors and the Swedish Labour Market
Celikaksoy, Aycan; Wadensjö, Eskil - 2015
More unaccompanied refugee children arrive to and get a residence permit in Sweden than in any other country in Europe. The number of children who arrives is increasing fast. The Swedish experiences are therefore of great interest also for other countries. In this paper we study the labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011345365
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The Association between Immigration and Labor Market Outcomes in the United States
Basso, Gaetano; Peri, Giovanni - 2015
In this paper we present important correlations between immigration and labor market outcomes of native workers in the US. We use data on local labor markets, states and regions from the Census and American Community Survey over the period 1970-2010. We first look at simple correlations and then...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401693
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Do works councils raise or lower firm productivity?
Hübler, Olaf - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
The German model of co-determination (Mitbestimmung) with works councils, in which workers are involved in the management of a company, was a role model for other countries for many years. However, since the 1990s the appeal of works councils has been declining, to the extent that now even...
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Happiness as a guide to labor market policy
Ritzen, Jo - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
Measures of individual happiness, or well-being, can guide labor market policies. Individual unemployment, as well as the rate of unemployment in society, have a negative effect on happiness. In contrast, employment protection and unemployment benefits can contribute to happiness—though when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404978