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How do income-support systems in the UK affect labour force participation?
Brewer, Mike - 2009
This paper reviews how income-support systems affect labour force participation in the UK. The UK's approach to social insurance is "basic security", with modest, typically flat-rate, benefits; insurance-based benefits are relatively unimportant. Compared with the EU, the UK has high employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003912101
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Income support systems, labor market policies and labor supply : the German experience
Caliendo, Marco - 2009
In view of the demographic trends, most EU countries face the problem of a declining work force in the future. Understanding the interaction between income support systems (such as unemployment benefits, social assistance, early retirement and pension systems) and total labor supply is of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003932145
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Income support systems, labor market policies and labor supply : the German experience
Caliendo, Marco - 2009
In view of the demographic trends, most EU countries face the problem of a declining work force in the future. Understanding the interaction between income support systems (such as unemployment benefits, social assistance, early retirement and pension systems) and total labor supply is of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003912095
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Beware of the employer : financial incentives for employees may fail to prolong old age employment
Lorenz, Svenja; Pfister, Mona; Zwick, Thomas - 2020
This paper shows that increasing the normal retirement age and introducing pension deductions for retirement before normal retirement age in Germany did not prolong employment of older men. The reason for this surprising result is that employers encouraged their employees to use the bridge...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012167052
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Modelling sector-specific employment shocks with EUROLAB, a multidimensional behavioural model
Narazani, Edlira; Colombino, Ugo - 2021
Little is known yet about the impact of the COVID crisis on household income and jobs in absence of real time information on these variables. A recent literature strand has sought to overcome data limitations to assess the distributional impact of policy measures taken in the EU using various...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012593843
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Sick of my parents? : consequences of parental ill health on adult children
Norén, Anna - 2020
I study the consequences for labor market outcomes and sick leave of having an elderly parent in need of care. Using Swedish register data I compare the labor market outcome trajectories of adult children before and after their parent suffers a health shock. I find that employment and income of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012154054
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Arbeitskräftepotenziale der deutschen Wirtschaft : Chancen für Wachstum und Konsolidierung
Hüther, Michael; Jung, Markos; Obst, Thomas - 2021
Der demographische Wandel stellt unsere Gesellschaft vor große Herausforderungen. Gleichzeitig macht ein Rückblick auf die vergangene Dekade im deutschen Arbeitsmarkt deutlich, dass der Aufbau zusätzlicher Beschäftigung durch eine verbesserte Erwerbsintegration ein bedeutsamer Schlüssel zur...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012511890
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Long Term Effects of Public Policy for Displaced Workers in Sweden - Shipyard Workers in the West and Miners in the North
Ohlsson, Henry; Storrie, Donald - 2009
the individuals affected by the closure of the Uddevalla Shipyard in western Sweden in 1985 and the cutbacks at the LKAB … mines in northern Sweden in 1983. These workers not only experienced job loss, but were also target groups for extraordinary … labour market policies. Using register data from Statistics Sweden (labour market status, earnings, education etc.), we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014224477
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Activation versus Other Employment Policies – Lessons for Germany
Calmfors, Lars - In: CESifo Forum 05 (2004) 2, pp. 35-42
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011695756
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Activation versus Other Employment Policies – Lessons for Germany
Calmfors, Lars - In: CESifo Forum 5 (2004) 2, pp. 35-42
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004998604