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male workers with each economic downturn since the late 1970s. In stark contrast, over the last three decades France has … working involuntarily part-time show a steady and substantial divergence in France's favor, and this appears most dramatically … for young less educated workers. France has shown that a rising minimum wage can all but eliminate low paid work without …
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We use longitudinal individual wage and employment data in France and the United States to investigate the effect of …
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Social assistance in Germany reduces the incentive to work. TheU. S. Welfare to Work Programme tries to avoid such disincentives. It consists essentially of two elements: the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for employees in low wage occupations and a Workfare model. The EITC and the Workfare...
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Measured by changes in real wages, earnings inequality and unemployment, the economic position of lower skilled workers has declined sharply over the past two decades across the developed countries of the OECD. In this paper we survey a wide-ranging empirical literature for evidence bearing on...
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We use longitudinal individual wage and employment data in France and the United States to investigate the effect of …
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States and France. It discusses how the welfare state can be reformed in order to improve outcomes for older workers …
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We use longitudinal individual wage and employment data in France and the United States to investigate the effect of …
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