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Factores que inciden en la cobertura del sistema pensional en Colombia
IZQUIERDO, Juana Paola BUSTAMANTE - DEPARTAMENTO NACIONAL DE PLANEACIÓN - 2006
que la edad, la educación y la informalidad son variables claves para incrementar la cobertura en afiliación a pensiones …. Adicionalmente, se construye un índice como una Proxy de la afiliación, el cual muestra una relación inversa con la tasa de desempleo … y con la informalidad en el tiempo, el cual se puede utilizar en futuros análisis econométricos. Finalmente se propone …
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Who Ultimately Bears the Burden of Greater Non-Wage Labour costs?
Desbordes, Rodolphe; Azémar, Céline - Economics Department, University of Strathclyde - 2010
We investigate the effect of a rise in non-wage labour costs (NWLC) on real manufacturing labour costs in OECD countries, taking into account the degree of coordination in the wage bargaining process. We find that, in countries in which wage bargaining is not highly coordinated, 55% of an...
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Who ultimately bears the burden of greater non-wage labour costs?
Azémar, Céline; Desbordes, Rodolphe - Department of Economics, Adam Smith Business School - 2010
We investigate the effect of a rise in non-wage labour costs (NWLC) on real manufacturing labour costs in OECD countries, taking into account the degree of coordination in the wage bargaining process. We find that, in countries in which wage bargaining is not highly coordinated, 55% of an...
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Unemployment-Insurance Taxes and Labor Demand: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Administrative Data
Johnston, Andrew C. - 2020
To finance unemployment insurance, states raise payroll tax rates on employers who engage in layoffs. Tax rates are, therefore, highest for firms after downturns, potentially hampering labor-market recovery. Using full-population, administrative records from Florida, I estimate the effect of...
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The Finance of Unemployment Compensation and its Consequence for the Labor Market
Guo, Audrey; Johnston, Andrew C. - 2020
For every payment, there is an equal and opposite tax. In the study of unemployment insurance, economists have developed a substantial literature considering the impact of payments on labor supply. In contrast, they have usually left unexamined the influence on labor demand of the unique tax...
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Would Broadening the UI Tax Base Help Low-Income Workers?
Duggan, Mark; Guo, Audrey; Johnston, Andrew C. - 2022
The tax base for state unemployment insurance (UI) programs varies significantly in the U.S., from a low of $7,000 annually in California to a high of $52,700 in Washington. Previous research has provided surprisingly little guidance to policy makers regarding the tradeoffs associated with this...
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The incidence of workplace pensions: Evidence from the UK's automatic enrollment mandate
Scarfe, Rachel; Schaefer, Daniel; Sulka, Tomasz - 2024
We examine who bears the costs of mandated workplace pension programs, exploiting the quasi-experimental rollout of automatic enrollment in the UK. Total compensation (take-home pay plus employer contributions) increases, driven by employer contributions, while the amount of take-home pay...
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Who pays for occupational pensions?
Lotherington Vestad, Ola - 2011
The purpose of this paper is to estimate wage effects of occupational pensions, exploiting the introduction of mandatory occupational pensions in Norway as a source of exogenous variation in pension coverage. Various difference-in-differences models are estimated on a large sample of Norwegian...
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Who pays for occupational pensions?
Vestad, Ola Lotherington - 2011 - Publisert 10. mai. 2011 19:04
The purpose of this paper is to estimate wage effects of occupational pensions, exploiting the introduction of mandatory occupational pensions in Norway as a source of exogenous variation in pension coverage. Various difference-in-differences models are estimated on a large sample of Norwegian...
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The Incidence of Payroll Taxes in Ontario and Quebec; Evidence from Collective Agreements for 1985-2007
Roy-Cesar, Edison - 2010
This study uses an original data set, combining information for all collective agreements covering more than 500 employees signed in Quebec or Ontario from 1985 to 2007 and information on payroll taxes and other variables, to measure the incidence of an increase in payroll tax. The results of...
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