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. This critical value decreases with unemployment benefits and increases with workers' risk aversion. We also show that in …
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"Contrary to widespread belief, we show that low-pay workers might not generally prefer that the minimum wage rate be increased to a level where the labor demand is unitary elastic. Rather, there exists a critical value of elasticity of labor demand such that increases in the minimum wage rate...
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To finance unemployment insurance, states raise payroll tax rates on employers who engage in layoffs. Tax rates are … unemployment after the Great Recession …
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To finance unemployment insurance, states raise payroll tax rates on employers who engage in layoffs. Tax rates are … unemployment in the wake of the Great Recession. …
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The present dissertation aims at contributing to the understanding of central labor market mechanisms by analyzing open questions on the determinants of firms' labor demand, unemployed individuals' job search behavior and the state's role in shaping peoples' trust and, thereby, affecting labor...
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In this paper, we calculate the disposable incomes in 2012 of three selected family types receiving social assistance in five countries in north-western Europe. We also calculate the net replacement rates for families receiving social assistance, calculated on the basis of the disposable incomes...
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. Understanding the interaction between income support systems (such as unemployment benefits, social assistance, early retirement and …. The German labor market has been plagued by high and persistent unemployment in the last two decades in combination with a … be seen how future governments react to worsened economic conditions in light of these experiences. -- Unemployment …
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. Understanding the interaction between income support systems (such as unemployment benefits, social assistance, early retirement and …. The German labor market has been plagued by high and persistent unemployment in the last two decades in combination with a … be seen how future governments react to worsened economic conditions in light of these experiences. -- Unemployment …
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non-participation, as a distinct state from unemployment and employment, is determined by the welfare system in … such as education, skill degradation, age, labor market shocks, labor taxes, unemployment insurance benefits and social … assistance. We extend our framework by allowing for time-inconsistent choices and demonstrate the possibility of an unemployment …
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