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Internationale Vergleiche beim Mindestlohn
Knabe, Andreas; Schöb, Ronnie; Thum, Marcel - In: ifo Dresden berichtet 21 (2014) 4, pp. 34-35
Ab dem 1.Januar 2015 soll in Deutschland ein flächendeckender Mindestlohn von 8,50 € gelten. Die Warnungen vor …. Dieser Beitrag untersucht die Eingriffsintensität des deutschen Mindestlohns im internationalen Vergleich. Ein Mindestlohn … in Großbritannien der Mindestlohn neu eingeführt, ohne dass es zu nennenswerten Verwerfungen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt kam …
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Internationale Vergleiche beim Mindestlohn
Knabe, Andreas; Schöb, Ronnie; Thum, Marcel - In: ifo Dresden berichtet 21 (2014) 04, pp. 34-35
Ab dem 1.Januar 2015 soll in Deutschland ein flächendeckender Mindestlohn von 8,50 € gelten. Die Warnungen vor …. Dieser Beitrag untersucht die Eingriffsintensität des deutschen Mindestlohns im internationalen Vergleich. Ein Mindestlohn … in Großbritannien der Mindestlohn neu eingeführt, ohne dass es zu nennenswerten Verwerfungen auf dem Arbeitsmarkt kam …
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The effects of reform scenarios for unemployment benefits and social assistance on financial incentives to work and poverty in Lithuania
Navicke, Jekaterina; Avram, Silvia; Demmou, Lilas - 2016
In 2015 the Lithuanian government launched an ambitious Social Model reform agenda aimed at balancing flexibility of the labour market and security provided through the system of social protection. We simulate alternative scenarios for reforming the unemployment benefit and cash social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011577812
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Permanent wage cost subsidies for older workers : an effective tool for increasing working time and postponing early retirement?
Albanese, Andrea; Cockx, Bart - 2015
In several OECD countries age-targeted wage subsidies have been introduced to increase the employment of older workers, but evidence on their effectiveness is scarce. This paper examines the effects of a permanent wage cost subsidy in Belgium on the employment rate, working time and hourly wage....
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Wage subsidies in developing countries as a tool to build human capital : design and implementation issues
Almeida, Rita; Orr, Larry; Robalino Aguirre, David A. - In: IZA journal of labor policy 3 (2014), pp. 1-24
This paper reviews international experiences with the implementation of wage subsidies and develops a policy framework to guide their design in developing countries. The evidence suggests that, if the goal is only to create jobs, wage subsidies are unlikely to be an effective instrument. Wage...
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Permanent Wage Cost Subsidies for Older Workers : An Effective Tool for Increasing Working Time and Postponing Early Retirement?
Albanese, Andrea - 2015
In several OECD countries age-targeted wage subsidies have been introduced to increase the employment of older workers, but evidence on their effectiveness is scarce. This paper examines the effects of a permanent wage cost subsidy in Belgium on the employment rate, working time and hourly wage....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013023760
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The pension transfer program
Orszag, Jonathan Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - 2002
The paper examines the following pension reform strategy that aims to defuse the pension time-bomb without giving rise to intergenerational conflict. Let people with rights to public pensions have the option of using a portion of their potential pensions to provide employment vouchers for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011412372
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The Pension Transfer Program
Orszag, J. Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - 2021
The paper examines the following pension reform strategy that aims to defuse the pension time-bomb without giving rise to intergenerational conflict. Let people with rights to public pensions have the option of using a portion of their potential pensions to provide employment vouchers for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320465
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Entrepreneurship, Asymmetric Information, and Unemployment
Boadway, Robin - 1998
The paper examines how asymmetric information affects the supply of entrepreneurs and the level of unemployment. The model first analyzes the case where banks, when providing credit, are unable to observe entrepreneurs' risk of failure. We find that credit rationing may increase the number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014222246
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Entrepreneurship, Asymmetric Information and Unemployment
Boadway, Robin; Vigneault, Marianne; Marchand, Maurice; … - 2008
We examine how three sources of asymmetric information affect the supply of entrepreneurs and unemployment. In the first case, banks cannot observe entrepreneurs' risk of failure, so they ration credit. This increases the number of entrepreneurs and the level of unemployment. In the second case,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014222295