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The Affordable Care Act: A Family-Friendly Policy
Baker, Dean; Jorgensen, Helene - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2014
Most of the discussion of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has focused on the extent to which it has extended health insurance coverage to the formerly uninsured. This is certainly an important aspect of the law. However by allowing people to buy insurance through the exchanges and extending...
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Business As Usual: New Jersey Employers’ Experiences with Family Leave Insurance
Lerner, Sharon; Appelbaum, Eileen - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2014
This study examines New Jersey employers’ experiences with employees who need time off to care for a seriously ill child or family member or to bond with a new baby since 2009, when the state began offering paid family leave through the statewide Family Leave Insurance (FLI) program. This...
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Documenting the Need for a National Paid Family and Medical Leave Program: Evidence from the 2012 FMLA Survey
Jorgensen, Helene; Appelbaum, Eileen - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2014
The United States is the only high-income country that does not mandate paid family and medical leave. Instead American workers rely on a patchwork of employer-provided benefits, private insurance, state programs, public assistance, and savings to make ends meet during a leave event. About 30...
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States, Banks, and the Financing of the Economy: Fiscal Policy and Sovereign Risk Perspectives
Balling, Morten; Egger, Peter; Gnan, Ernest; Weber, Axel A. - 2013
On 5-6 September 2012 SUERF held its 30th Colloquium “States, Banks, and the Financing of the Economy” at the University of Zürich, Switzerland. The papers included in this SUERF Study are based on contributions to the Colloquium. All the chapters in this publication discuss from different...
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Análisis de la sostenibilidad de la deuda pública en España
Vilariño, Angel; Alonso, Nurio; Trillo del Pozo, David - 2020
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States, banks, and the financing of the economy : fiscal policy and sovereign risk perspectives
Balling, Morten (ed., introduction) - Colloquium "States, Banks and the Financing of the …; … - 2013
On 5-6 September 2012 SUERF held its 30th Colloquium "States, Banks, and the Financing of the Economy" at the University of Zürich, Switzerland. The papers included in this SUERF Study are based on contributions to the Colloquium. All the chapters in this publication discuss from different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011711625
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States, Banks, and the Financing of the Economy: Fiscal Policy and Sovereign Risk Perspectives
Egger, Peter H.; Afonso, Antonio; Jalles, Joao Tovar; … - SUERF - The European Money and Finance Forum
On 5-6 September 2012 SUERF held its 30th Colloquium “States, Banks, and the Financing of the Economy” at the University of Zürich, Switzerland. The papers included in this SUERF Study are based on contributions to the Colloquium. All the chapters in this publication discuss from different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011070908
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Functional Changes in the Trade Unions. From Intermediary to Fractal Organization?
Doerre, Klaus - In: International Journal of Action Research 7 (2011) 1, pp. 8-48
This contribution deals with developments in German Trade Unionism since the world economic crisis of 2008 …/09. Internationally, the crisis management of the German metalworker’s union IG Metall is held in high esteem and regarded as a role model …. It seems as if social integrative corporatism has emerged triumphant from the crisis. However, appearances are deceptive …
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Ergonomics awareness and employee performance: An exploratory study
Olabode, Segun Oluwaseun; Adesanya, Atinuke Regina; … - In: Economic and Environmental Studies (E&ES) 17 (2017) 4, pp. 813-829
The study examined the effects of ergonomics on employee performance by ascertaining the level of ergonomics awareness in Nigerian organizations, identifying the factors hindering the use of ergonomic, and the best practices and methods adopted by various organizations across industries. Despite...
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Tagungsbericht: Qualität der Arbeit – Wandel der Erwerbsformen als Problem oder als Chance?
Buscher, Herbert S. - In: Wirtschaft im Wandel 17 (2011) 11, pp. 395-398
Am 20. und 21. Oktober 2011 fand zum achten Mal der gemeinsame Workshop des IWH und des Instituts für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) in Halle (Saale) statt. Das diesjährige Leitthema befasste sich mit der Qualität der Arbeit im Wandel. Ein Grund für die Wahl des Schwerpunktthemas...
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