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Mindestlohn im Bauhauptgewerbe : Beschäftigungseffekte nicht nachweisbar
Müller, Kai-Uwe - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 47, pp. 16-21
evaluations of minimum wages for specific industries. The present paper discusses the empirical studies on the wage and employment …-specific minimum wages to date. -- minimum wage ; wage distribution ; employment construction sector …
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The impact of sectoral minimum wage laws on employment, wages, and hours of work in South Africa
Bhorat, Haroon; Kanbur, Ravi; Mayet, Natasha - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 2 (2013), pp. 1-27
employment, wages, and hours of work. In order to assess whether the changes experienced by workers in the sectors analysed were … increase in real hourly wages in the post-law period in four of the five sectors examined. Our results also suggest that whilst … intensive margin in certain sectors. We also find that in three of the five sectors, increases in real hourly wages were …
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Reforming an insider-outsider labor market : the Spanish experience
Benrolila, Samuel; Dolado, Juan J.; Jimeno, Juan F. - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 1 (2012), pp. 1-29
This paper presents a case study on reforming a very dysfunctional labor market with a deep insider-outsider divide, namely the Spanish case. We show how a dual market, with permanent and temporary employees, makes real reform much harder, and leads to purely marginal changes that do not alter...
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The effects of living wage laws on low-wage workers and low-income families : what do we know now?
Neumark, David; Thompson, Matthew; Koyle, Leslie - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-34
reduce employment among the least-skilled workers they are intended to help. But they also increase wages for many of them … urban poverty. -- living wages ; wages ; employment ; poverty …
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Wage setting in Slovenia : interpretation of the Wage Dynamics Network (WDN) survey findings in an institutional and macroeconomic context
Banerjee, Biswajit; Vodopivec, Matija; Sila, Urban - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 2 (2013), pp. 1-23
in variable pay components and employment but not in base wages. Minimum wage policy contributed to downward wage …
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The dynamics of the labor markets in Chile
Lima, Víctor O.; Paredes, Ricardo D. - In: Estudios de economía 34 (2007) 2, pp. 163-183
Through flows from 3 states, employment, unemployment and out of the labor force, we analyze the dynamics of labor markets in Chile from 1962-2007. We identify some periods of different labor market regimes and relate them with changes in flexibility. We found that reforms such as that of 1967,...
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The German labor market after the Great Recession : successful reforms and future challenges
Caliendo, Marco; Hogenacker, Jens - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 1 (2012), pp. 1-24
The reaction of the German labor market to the Great Recession 2008/09 was relatively mild – especially compared to other countries. The reason lies not only in the specific type of the recession – which was favorable for the German economy structure – but also in a series of labor market...
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Active labour market policies in a recession
Andersen, Torben M.; Svarer, Michael - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-24
A major labour market challenge following the Great Recession is to avoid an increase in long-term unemployment and thus the structural unemployment rate. Active labour market policies may play an important role in this respect. We consider these issues with outset in Denmark which is a country...
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Underreporting of earnings and the minimum wage spike
Tonin, Mirco - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 2 (2013), pp. 1-18
This paper contributes to the policy debate on minimum wage by highlighting its role in enforcing compliance with fiscal rules in economies where underreporting of earnings is widespread. First, I propose a simple model exploring the interaction between the minimum wage and underreporting of...
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How quickly does structural reform pay off? : an empirical analysis of the short-term effects of unemployment benefit reform
Bouis, Romain; Causa, Orsetta; Demmou, Lilas; Duval, Romain - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-12
While there is a fairly broad consensus regarding the potential adverse effects of generous unemployment benefit insurance on steady-state employment, the short-term effects of benefit reforms are not well-established. This paper contributes to fill this gap by estimating impulse responses to...
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