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. Both marginal tax rates are of ambiguous sign. The tax systems' effects on the wage formation and the unemployment rates …
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persistent unemployment level, and wages stickiness. On the aggregate level, we observe a self-enforcing process of real income …
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This paper asks whether part-time work makes women happy. Previous research on labour supply has assumed that as workers freely choose their optimal working hours on the basis of their innate preferences and the hourly wage rate, outcome reflects preference. This paper tests this assumption by...
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regression discontinuity design based on this exogenous change in unemployment status for this particular group of workers, we …
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regression discontinuity design based on this exogenous change in unemployment status for this particular group of workers, we …
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We analyze how wage setting institutions and job-security provisions interact on unemployment. The assumption that … exercises suggest that redundancy transfers and administrative dismissal restrictions have negligeable unemployment effects when … wages are flexible or when the minimum wage is low, but a dramatic positive impact on unemployment when there is a high …
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high severance payments are likely to decrease unemployment but systematically decrease welfare and raise inequality …
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In this paper, we present a matching model with adverse selection that explains why flows into and out of unemployment …
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Many workers believe that personal contacts are crucial for obtaining jobs in high-wage sectors. On the other hand, firms in high-wage sectors report using employee referrals because they help provide screening and monitoring of new employees. This paper develops a matching model that can...
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insiders to firing restrictions does not necessarily worsen unemployment. In fact, it may be the willingness of a majority of … unemployment and deteriorates efficiency. Moreover, we argue, that the concentration of firm ownership is likely to influence labor …
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