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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 … participation and consequently, that the explanations of the changes in the unemployment rate could be associated with "added and … discouraged worker effects." -- labor markets ; transition probabilities ; unemployment. …

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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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Mindestlohn im Bauhauptgewerbe : Beschäftigungseffekte nicht nachweisbar

Müller, Kai-Uwe - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 47, pp. 16-21

Die Debatte um einen allgemeinen gesetzlichen Mindestlohn in Deutschland hält an. Mittlerweile sind die …

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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

This paper attempts to investigate the impact of sectoral wage laws in South Africa. Specifically, we examine the impact of minimum wage laws promulgated in the Retail, Domestic work, Forestry, Security, and Taxi sectors using 15 waves of biannual Labour Force Survey data for the 2000–2007...

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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

This paper examines responses to questions on wage setting features in Slovenia’s Wage Dynamics Network (WDN) survey in the institutional and macroeconomic context of the Slovene economy. The question on collective wage agreement did not capture the prevailing institutional arrangement of...

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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

economic growth in the future. -- unemployment ; labor force participation ; labor supply ; benefit systems ; public policy …

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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 … also characterised by high flows into and out of employment, implying that most unemployment spells are rather short and …

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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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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

We provide updated evidence on the effects of living wage laws in U.S. cities, relative to the earlier research covering only the first six or seven years of existence of these laws. There are some challenges to updating the evidence, as the CPS data on which it relies changed geographic coding...

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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 …. Findings indicate that although it takes time for unemployment benefit reforms to pay off, such reforms do not appear to entail … any negative short-run effects. There is however some suggestive evidence that reducing unemployment benefits could have …

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