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The paper offers a brief reconstruction of the varying fortunes of the Charter of Workers' Rights, interpreted in light of the evolution of economic thinking on the role of the market - especially of the labor market - and on the reversal that has been made of the role of labor policy in...
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This article introduces the metaphor of the iceberg in the labour market. While policy in most OECD countries has historically focussed on reducing unemployment (the tip of the iceberg), the group of inactive people (below the waterline) is much larger. Therefore, we point to the clear...
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The present paper estimates and decomposes the employment effect of innovation by R&D intensity levels. Our micro …&D investment and firm employment, and to address important econometric issues, which is not possible in the standard estimation … innovation by 1% may increase employment up to 0.7%. The job creation effect of innovation reaches its peak when R&D intensity is …
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firms. These results suggest a net positive employment impact of automation, at least in the short run. The findings differ …
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The present paper estimates and decomposes the employment effect of innovation by R&D intensity levels. Our micro … the R&D investment and firm employment, and to address important econometric issues, which is not possible in the standard …: increasing innovation by 1% may increase employment up to 0.7%. The job creation effect of innovation reaches its peak when the R …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011619463
Following massive take-up rates during the COVID-19 period, short-time work (STW) policies have attracted renewed interest. In this paper, we take stock of this policy instrument and provide a critical review of STW systems in Europe. We focus on the objectives of STW programs and their primary...
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This article provides an overview of the economic literature on short-time work. It presents the main characteristics of short-time work since its emergence in Germany in the 1930s. It analyzes its effectiveness as a job preservation mechanism, drawing on theoretical models and empirical...
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This article provides an overview of the economic literature on short-time work. It presents the main characteristics of short-time work since its emergence in Germany in the 1930s. It analyzes its effectiveness as a job preservation mechanism, drawing on theoretical models and empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014580739
depicted and its effects on formal and informal labour markets. The most important challenges for employment policy as well as …
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to all low-wage earners regardless of their employment history and are of limitless duration. Our analysis indicates that … workers are (i.e. the more their wages rise with employment duration), the more effective will unemployment vouchers be …
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