Elisabeth Grewenig prepared this study while she was working at the Center for Economics of Education at the ifo Institute. The study was completed in March 2021 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the LMU Munich. It consists of five distinct empirical essays that...

This report is the final deliverable (D11.1) of the workpackage on occupational case studies of the WORKS project (WP11 – Qualitative research – Case studies on changes in work - Impacts on the individual and the household). In this workpackage, 30 occupational case studies were achieved in...

Die Arbeitgeberattraktivität wird nicht durch das Unternehmensalter beein-flusst. Von den jungen Unternehmen, die in den vergangenen fünf Jahren Fachkräfte suchten, hatte über die Hälfte Schwierigkeiten bei der Fachkräfteakquise. Werben die Unternehmen mit Arbeitsplatzmerkmalen wie...

The amount of work done in the economy has been subject to a lot of debate in Finland recently. Unemployment is considered a major problem. On the other hand, extending annual working time receives little support. In fact, a widely held view is that one should reduce the working time of the...

The paper attempts to explain how tax rates, the extent of corruption and various institutional aspects of the labour market influence the relative size of different segments (unemployment, employment, self-employment and activity in the hidden economy) of the labour market as well as the tax...

The aim of this report, which has been prepared by a Task Force of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Eurosystem, is to describe and analyse the main developments in labour supply and its determinants in the euro area, review the links between labour supply and labour market institutions,...

This report examines the behavioral effects of inheritance, estate and gift taxes. It also provides an overview of inheritance, estate and gift tax practices in other countries, as well as the reasons that led to the abolition of inheritance taxes in Sweden and Norway. Economic literature...

Benjamin W. Arold prepared this study while he was working at the Center for Economics of Education at the ifo Institute. The study was completed in March 2022 and accepted as doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the LMU Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical essays that...