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The Labour Market and the Job Miracle
Heckman, James J.; Agell, Jonas; Gertser, Florian; … - In: CESifo Forum 4 (2003) 2, pp. 29-48
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European flexicurity: concepts (operational definitions), methodology (monitoring instruments), and policies (consistent implementations)
Tangian, Andranik - Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliches Institut, … - 2006
und dem entsprechenden Risiko der Arbeitslosigkeit gebildet werden. …
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Fiscal adjustments, labour market flexibility and unemployment
Agnello, Luca; Castro, Vitor; Tovar Jalles, João; … - In: Economics Letters 124 (2014) 2, pp. 231-235
Using a panel of 17 countries for 1978–2009, we find that tax-driven consolidations increase unemployment by 0 …-term) unemployment by 0.6–0.7 (1.8–2.2) percentage points. …
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The Wage Curve an Italian Perspective
DESTEFANIS, Sergio; PICA, Giovanni - Centro di Economia del Lavoro e di Politica Economica … - 2011
In this paper we appraise the existence of a negative relationship between the wage level and the unemployment rate … unemployment rate. …
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Labour Market Flexibility and Decent Work
Rodgers, Gerry - Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations - 2007
This paper reviews evidence from both industrialized and developing countries on the re1ationship between labour market flexibility and employment. It is argued that the notion of flexibility and its impact is often oversimplified. The evidence, such as it is, does not provide much support for...
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Did European Labour Markets Become More Competitive in the 1990's? Evidence from Estimated Worker Rents
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
This Paper analyses the evolution of quantitative measures of employee rents in Europe during the nineties, using the European Household Panel Survey. I look at two classes of measures: wage differentials between workers along industry and firm size dimensions; and estimated welfare differences...
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Explaining European Unemployment: Testing the NAIRU Theory and a Keynesian Approach
Stockhammer, Engelbert - Vienna University of Economics and Business, Department … - 2000
The aim of the paper is to contrast and test the NAIRU theory and the Keynesian theory of unemployment econometrically …. For the former, wage push variables are key in explaining the rise of European unemployment, for the latter accumulation … unrelated regression method (SUR). Unemployment benefits, union density and the tax wedge were used as wage push variables, and …
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Searching for the Virtues of the European Model
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
The distributional effects of the minimum wage are analysed in a model where skilled and unskilled labour enter the production function. It is argued that distributional goals are best achieved by letting the labour market clear and achieving redistribution through taxes and transfers.
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On the Political Economy of Labour Market Flexibility
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1993
This paper starts from the observation that despite their very high levels of unemployment, major European countries … have devoted few resources to reducing it. This suggests that there is little political concern about high unemployment. I …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005498035
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Wage Setting and Labour Market Adjustment in Europe, Japan and the USA
Alogoskoufis, George; Manning, Alan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1988
In this paper we present an investigation of unemployment persistence in Japan, the United States and fourteen European … recent differential unemployment persistence in our sample of countries: first, sluggishness in labour demand, and second … deviations from target. We also examine the short-run and medium-run effects on unemployment of shocks and policies that shift …
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