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Trade unions and workers' welfare in Vietnam
Nguyen, Dung Kieu; Tran Thi Bich; Mai Thi Xuan Nguyen; … - In: Post-communist economies 36 (2024) 2, pp. 147-173
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Welfare reform and spatial matching between clients and jobs
Sen, Ashish K. (contributor) - In: Papers in regional science : the journal of the … 78 (1999) 2, pp. 195-211
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Do supplementary jobs for welfare recipients increase the chance of welfare exit? : evidence from Germany
Mosthaf, Alexander; Schank, Thorsten; Schwarz, Stefan - 2021
Welfare recipients in Germany are allowed to take up supplementary jobs while receiving welfare. The possibility of having a supplementary job was introduced to reduce welfare dependency and facilitate successful labor market integration. In the present study, we use the German Panel Study...
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The effects of an employer subsidy on employment outcomes : a study of the work opportunity and welfare-to-work tax credits
Hamersma, Sarah - In: Journal of policy analysis and management : the journal … 27 (2008) 3, pp. 498-520
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The Petersberg declaration
Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Burda, Michael C.; Konrad, Kai A.; … - 2009
Against the background of the worldwide financial market and economic crisis, leading German economists urge policymakers to maintain the reform course in labor market policy. The experts warn not to jeopardize the clearly positive effects of the recent reform efforts. The "Petersberg...
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Employment cycles, low income work and the dynamic impact of minimum wages : a macro perspective
Flaschel, Peter; Greiner, Alfred; Logeay, Camille; … - 2010
employment are made (at least partially) socially acceptable through the workfare nature of the unemployment benefit system and b …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009305423
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The subjective well-being of workfare participants : insights from a day reconstruction survey
Knabe, Andreas; Schöb, Ronnie; Weimann, Joachim - 2015
In this paper, we shed more light on the subjective well-being of workfare participants and compare it to the well …-being of unemployed and employed workers. We use data from a self-conducted survey among participants in workfare schemes in … obtain a more comprehensive view of the subjective impact of workfare jobs. Our results show that the life satisfaction of …
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Workfare as an effective way to fight poverty : the case of India's NREGS
Ravi, Shamika; Engler, Monika - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 67 (2015), pp. 57-71
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Economics and misantropy
Thieme, Sebastian - In: International journal of management concepts and … 7 (2013) 2, pp. 83-102
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Workfare and trade unions : labor market repercussions of welfare reform
Schöb, Ronnie - 2003
Workfare proposals concentrate on the work incentives for welfare recipients, thus focusing on the labor supply side …. This paper analyzes the effects workfare has on labor demand when the labor market is unionized. As workfare reduces the … number of recipients of public financial assistance, a workfare regime, as opposed to a welfare system, weakens the outside …
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