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The world of work is in constant change. Demographic shifts, technological innovation, institutional reforms and global … collective bargaining, and e) social protection and labour market policies. Based on an assessment of the existing evidence, the … tensions that might exist between flexibility and security in the different labour markets. The ultimate direction of reforms …
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This paper analyses the different channels through which particular generations within one society can end up subsidising other generations through the functioning of the welfare state. The welfare state, which is organised and funded by “society” through taxation, plays an important part in...
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The economic reforms envisaged by the Syrian government are principally aimed to raise the overall efficiency of … competitiveness and efficiency of private companies, the government enterprises are by far less efficient and less competitive. In … addition, while the efficiency tendency in private firms is increasing, the trend in state owned enterprises is downward …
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Why do not people evade more taxes when their gain from evasion is higher than the expected penalties? Why does only a small minority evade when a large majority is willing to? These tax evasion puzzles are explained in a labour market framework where employees may combine reported work in firms...
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We analyse the effects of retirement of one partner on home production by both partners in a couple. Using longitudinal data from Germany on couples, we control for fixed household specific effects to address the concern that retirement decisions are correlated with unobserved characteristics...
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(a). The team's efficiency may increase considerably with size if outputs are negatively correlated. Under (b) a …
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The job search literature suggests that on-the-job search reduces the probability of unemployed people finding a job. However, there is no evidence that employed and unemployed job seekers are similar or apply for the same jobs. We combine the Labour Force Survey and the British Household Panel...
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(a). The team's efficiency may increase considerably with size if outputs are negatively correlated. Under (b) a …
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We analyse the effects of retirement of one partner on home production by both partners in a couple. Using longitudinal data from Germany on couples, we control for fixed household specific effects to address the concern that retirement decisions are correlated with unobserved characteristics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016335