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Social Protection as an Automatic Stabilizer

Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas - 2010

This paper analyzes the effectiveness of social protection systems in Europe and the US to provide (income) insurance against macro level shocks in terms of automatic stabilizers. We find that automatic stabilizers absorb 38% of a proportional income shock and 47% of an idiosyncratic...

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Wie wirken die automatischen Stabilisatoren in der Wirtschaftskrise? Deutschland im Vergleich mit der EU und den USA

Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas - 2009

Europäischen Union und in den USA in der aktuellen Wirtschaftskrise. Dazu werden zwei Szenarien simuliert: erstens ein … absorbiert werden, verglichen mit 32 % in den USA. Im Fall des Beschäftigungsschocks ist der Unterschied zwischen Europa und den … USA deutlich größer: 48 % in der EU und lediglich 34 % in den USA. Unter der Annahme, dass nur die Nachfrage …

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Earnings growth of Mexican immigrants: New versus traditional destinations

Kaushal, Neeraj; Shang, Ce - In: IZA Journal of Migration 2 (2013), pp. 1-25

We study the earnings of Mexican immigrants in their traditional and newer destinations in the US. Analysis based on longitudinal data suggests that during 2001-2009, the real wage of Mexican immigrants increased 1-2% a year at the traditional destinations, but remained mostly statistically...

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Persistent inter-industry wage differences: Rent sharing and opportunity costs

Abowd, John M.; Kramarz, Francis; Lengermann, Paul … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 1 (2012), pp. 1-25

We reconsider the potential for explaining inter-industry wage differences by decomposing those differences into parts due to individual and employer heterogeneity, respectively. Using longitudinally linked employer-employee data, we estimate the model for the United States and France. The part...

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What happens after enrollment? An analysis of the time path of racial differences in GPA and major choice

Arcidiacono, Peter; Aucejo, Esteban M.; Spenner, Ken - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 1 (2012), pp. 1-24

At the private university we analyze, the gap between white and black grade point averages falls by half between the students' freshmen and senior year. This outcome could suggest that affirmative action policies are playing a key role to reduce racial differences. However, this convergence...

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Fat spouses and hours of work: Are body and Pareto weights correlated?

Oreffice, Sonia; Quintana-Domeque, Climent - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 1 (2012), pp. 1-21

We explore the relationship between relative physical attractiveness in the household and the hours worked by married men and women. Using PSID data, we find that husbands who are thinner relative to their wives work fewer hours, while wives who are heavier relative to their husbands work more...

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The role of location in evaluating racial wage disparity

Black, Dan A.; Kolesnikova, Natalia; Sander, Seth G.; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 2 (2013), pp. 1-18

and work in different locations (thus facing different housing prices and wages). Our model justifies the traditional …

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Tall or taller, pretty or prettier: Is discrimination absolute or relative?

Hamermesh, Daniel S. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 1 (2012), pp. 1-17

Using microeconomic data sets from the United States and the Netherlands, this study considers how agents perceive characteristics that are discriminated against. It uses the examples of beauty and height to examine whether: 1) Absolute or relative differences in a characteristic affect...

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Automatic stabilization and discretionary fiscal policy in the financial crisis

Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-19

This paper investigates the relationship between the magnitude of automatic stabilizers in the tax and transfer systems of 19 EU countries and the US, and discretionary fiscal stimulus packages passed by these countries during the recent economic crisis. In particular, we ask whether countries...

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Good workers for good jobs: Improving education and workforce systems in the US

Holzer, Harry J. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-19

Stagnant earnings and growing inequality in the US labor market reflect both a slowdown in the growth of worker skills and the growing matching of good-paying jobs to skilled workers. Improving the ties between colleges, workforce institutions, and employers would help more workers gain the...

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