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Based on a structural model of fertility and female labour force supply with unobserved heterogeneity and state dependence, we evaluate the 2007 reform of parental leave benefits in Germany, which replaced a flat, means-tested benefit by a generous earnings-related transfer. The model predicts a...
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Based on a structural model of fertility and female labour force supply with unobserved heterogeneity and state dependence, we evaluate the 2007 reform of parental leave benefits in Germany, which replaced a flat, means-tested benefit by a generous earnings-related transfer. The model predicts a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013045997
This paper investigates the determinants of job losses due to the COVID-19 in the small island developing states of the Caribbean. Utilising a survey of 1979 firms in the Caribbean and a probit regression model, the study identifies the key factors that might lead a firm to retrench staff. Two...
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participation and unemployment. CPFL enables workers to take at most six weeks of paid leave over a 12 month period in order to bond … women's labor force participation and unemployment. We find that the labor force participation rate, the unemployment rate …, and the duration of unemployment among young women rose in California compared to states that did not adopt paid family …
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family leaves, which is often followed by a spell of unemployment. Using a difference-in-differences methodology, we study …
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, we find asymmetric effects on child schooling based on skill composition of economic growth. Higher unemployment among … unskilled workers increases schooling, whereas higher unemployment among skilled workers decreases schooling. …
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This paper examines if the probability of leaving unemployment changes for unemployed parents with young children when …. The results indicate a positive effect on the probability of leaving unemployment for mothers when childcare is available … probability of leaving unemployment for work when childcare is available for mothers with only compulsory schooling or university …
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This paper examines if the probability of leaving unemployment changes for unemployed parents with young children when …. The results indicate a positive effect on the probability of leaving unemployment for mothers when childcare is available … probability of leaving unemployment for work when childcare is available for mothers with only compulsory schooling or university …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003971405
This paper evaluates the impact on employment probabilities of two training programs funded by the European Social Fund in the province of Bolzano, Italy. The programs were addressed to particularly vulnerable groups which were much less skilled and educated than the control group from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012814372
This paper evaluates the impact on employment probabilities of two training programs funded by the European Social Fund in the province of Bolzano, Italy. The programs were addressed to particularly vulnerable groups which were much less skilled and educated than the control group from the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012873090