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A Vibrant European Labor Market with Full Employment

Ritzen, Jo; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2013

We sketch a visionary strategy for Europe in which full employment is quickly regained by 2020, where income inequality is reduced and the economies are more sustainable. We name this scenario vibrant. It is contrasted with what would happen if present policies continue within the European Union...

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Happiness as a guide to labor market policy

Ritzen, Jo - In: IZA World of Labor (2019)

Measures of individual happiness, or well-being, can guide labor market policies. Individual unemployment, as well as … the rate of unemployment in society, have a negative effect on happiness. In contrast, employment protection and un …-employment benefits or a basic income can contribute to happiness—though when such policies prolong unintended unemployment, the net …

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A vibrant European labor market with full employment

Ritzen, Jozef M. M.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 3 (2014) 10, pp. 1-24

We sketch a visionary strategy for Europe in which full employment is quickly regained by 2020, income inequality is reduced and the economies are more sustainable. We call this scenario "vibrant". It is contrasted with what would happen if present policies continue within the European Union...

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A vibrant European labor market with full employment

Ritzen, Jozef M. M.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2013

We sketch a visionary strategy for Europe in which full employment is quickly regained by 2020, where income inequality is reduced and the economies are more sustainable. We name this scenario “vibrant.” It is contrasted with what would happen if present policies continue within the European...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010227788

A Vibrant European Labor Market with Full Employment

Ritzen, Jo; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

We sketch a visionary strategy for Europe in which full employment is quickly regained by 2020, where income inequality is reduced and the economies are more sustainable. We name this scenario "vibrant." It is contrasted with what would happen if present policies continue within the European...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884389

Does the unemployment rate moderate the well-being disadvantage of the unemployed? : within-region estimates from the European Social Survey

Hajdu, Gábor; Hajdu, Tamás - 2020

regarding the happiness scores. Our results do not support the “social norm of unemployment” hypothesis that states that the …

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Immigration und Arbeitsmarkt: Eine oekonomische Perspektive

Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1998

Based on the current European discussion about immigration policy, this paper gives an overview of central economic consequences of immigration for a host country?s labor market. The most important theoretical arguments are presented and evaluated against the available empirical evidence. The...

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Unemployment and subsequent earnings for Swedish college graduates: A study of scarring effects

Gartell, Marie - 2009

Unemployment immediately upon graduation is associated with substantial and permanent future earnings losses. Even for very short unemployment spells the estimated earnings losses are statistically significant. These results are stable for the inclusion of a rich set of observable control...

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Low wage growth and job-to-job transitions: Evidence from administrative data in New Zealand

Ball, Christopher; Groshenny, Nicolas; Karagedikli, Özer; … - 2020

By using administrative data from New Zealand, we assess the relative importance of job-finding, and job-to-job transition rates for wage dynamics. We exploit the regional variation and find that wages are closely linked to job-to-job transitions and less so to the job- finding rate. Further,...

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The determinants and consequences of unemployed workers' wage demands

Eriksson, Stefan; Lagerström, Jonas - 2010

This paper studies the determinants and labor market consequences of unemployed workers' wage demands using direct data on the workers' actual wage requests. Our results show that most workers want a wage close to what they earned in their previous jobs, and thus much more than they get in...

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