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The German labor market during the Great Recession : shocks and institutions
Gehrke, Britta; Lechthaler, Wolfgang; Merkl, Christian - 2017
This paper analyzes Germany's unusual labor market experience during the Great Recession. We estimate a general equilibrium model with a detailed labor market block for post-unification Germany. This allows us to disentangle the role of institutions (short-time work, government spending rules)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011634724
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The German labor market during the Great Recession : shocks and institutions
Gehrke, Britta; Lechthaler, Wolfgang; Merkl, Christian - 2018
This paper analyzes Germany's unusual labor market experience during the Great Recession. We estimate a general equilibrium model with a detailed labor market block for post-unification Germany. This allows us to disentangle the role of institutions (short-time work, government spending rules)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011916540
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Income groups and types of employment in Germany since 1995
Krause, Peter; Franz, Christian; Fratzscher, Marcel - In: DIW economic bulletin 7 (2017) 27, pp. 267-278
This report examines how income groups and forms of employment in Germany have changed in the past two decades. Since the mid-1990s, inequality in disposable household income in Germany has generally increased. This trend was in effect until 2005. While fewer people had disposable incomes in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011675336
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The Impact of Unemployment on Inequality and Poverty in OECD Countries
Martinez, Rosa; Ayala, Luis; Ruiz-Huerta, Jesus - 2019
The purpose of this research is to examine the contribution of unemployment to income inequality and poverty in various OECD countries. These relationships have been explored using Luxembourg Income Study microdata. Considerable differences across OECD countries are revealed through the use of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014129479
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Poverty in the Czech Republic : unemployment, pensions, and regional differences
Kolář, Daniel - 2024
The Czech Republic has experienced a remarkable decline in the unemployment rate but not in relative poverty. I address this and other facts by analysing the evolution of absolute and relative poverty over the 2004-2021 period. I first document a remarkable decline in absolute poverty in poorer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015069594
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Ways to overcome poverty and income inequality in the context of new global challenges : the most important conclusions for Ukraine
Ramskyi, Andrii - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 24 (2021) 3, pp. 53-73
financial implications of these challenges for many households lead to falling real incomes, and an increase in costs and debts … for households are summarized; signs of short-term loss are generalized; the solvency of households as a possible … overcome poverty and income inequality are substantiated to restore the resilience of financially vulnerable households and …
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Do businessmen make good governors?
Neumeier, Florian - 2016
This paper empirically evaluates the economic performance of U.S. state governors who came to the position from a business background (CEO governors), focusing on income growth, unemployment, private investment, and income inequality. Methodologically, I apply a matching method to account for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011557923
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The potential costs and distributional effect of Covid-19 related unemployment in Ireland
Beirne, Keelan; Doorley, Karina; Regan, Mark; Roantree, … - 2020
This paper simulates the impact that Covid-19 related job losses will have on family incomes and the public finances. It finds that in the central 'medium' unemployment scenario of 600,000 job losses, around 400,000 families will see their disposable income fall by more than 20 per cent in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012210824
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Earnings losses and the role of the welfare state during the COVID-19 pandemic : evidence from Sweden
Adermon, Adrian; Laun, Lisa; Lind, Patrik; Olsson, Martin; … - 2022
Many governments introduced temporary adjustments to counter the economic and health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. We study the importance of already existing government transfers and pandemic measures to mitigate individual income losses during the pandemic in Sweden using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013429242
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Earnings losses and the role of the welfare state during the COVID-19 pandemic : evidence from Sweden
Adermon, Adrian; Laun, Lisa; Lind, Patrik; Olsson, Martin; … - 2022
Many governments introduced temporary adjustments to counter the economic and health consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. We study the importance of already existing government transfers and pandemic measures to mitigate individual income losses during the pandemic in Sweden using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013441580