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und dem entsprechenden Risiko der Arbeitslosigkeit gebildet werden. …
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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 …
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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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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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We study a number of mechanisms through which an economy can be stuck at a high unemployment equilibrium because a poor … measures that have been undertaken to cure unemployment. The message of the paper is that curing the European unemployment …
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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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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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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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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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