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The role of workfare in striking a balance between incentives and insurance in the labour market

Andersen, Torben M.; Svarer, Michael - School of Economics and Management, University of Aarhus - 2008

Workfare policies are often introduced in labour market policies to improve the trade-off between incentives and insurance as an alternative to benefit reductions. Most of the debate on such policies has focussed on the direct effect of those participating in the scheme, and in particular the...

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Wage formation and European integration

Andersen, Torben M. - Directorate-General Economic and Financial Affairs, … - 2003

European integration is likely to affect labour market performance through various routes. One important channel is the effects product market integration has on labour markets. This paper reviews how product market integration may strengthen labour market interdependencies between integrating...

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In brief: Chernobyl: the long-term health and economic consequences

Lehmann, Hartmut; Wadsworth, Jonathan - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2011

Hartmut Lehmann and Jonathan Wadsworth assess the long-lasting effects of radiation exposure from the Chernobyl disaster on the people of Ukraine.

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Why has happiness inequality increased? Suggestions for promoting social cohesion

Becchetti, Leonardo; Massari, Riccardo; Naticchioni, Paolo - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2010

The paper focuses on happiness inequality, an issue rather neglected in the literature. We analyze the increase in happiness inequality observed in Germany between 1991 and 2007 by means of the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP) database. We make use of a recent methodology that allows...

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The Impact of Chernobyl on Health and Labour Market Performance

Lehmann, Hartmut; Wadsworth, Jonathan - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2011

Using longitudinal data from Ukraine we examine the extent of any long-lasting effects of radiation exposure from the Chernobyl disaster on the health and labour market performance of the adult workforce. The variation in the local area level of radiation fallout from the Chernobyl accident is...

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Why Labour Market Response Differed in the Great Recession: The Impact of Institutions and Policy

Aiginger, Karl; Horvath, Thomas; Mahringer, Helmut - Österreichisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO)

This paper investigates the performance of labour markets during the recent crisis for 28 industrialised countries, specifically the reaction of employment and unemployment indicators relative to output changes. We construct a composite indicator for output as well as labour market performance....

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Italy; Selected Issues

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011

increase growth and employment are studied. From a cross-country approach, this study finds a significant relationship between …

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Business services outsourcing and economic growth: Evidence from a dynamic panel data approach

Dettmer, Bianka - 2012

obsolete and make business service outsourcing via cross-border trade more feasible. Although the (service-led) growth … to trade commercial- and specialized business services on long-run growth by applying a dynamic panel data approach to … account for unobserved country specific effects and endogenous growth determinants. The system GMM estimates validate that a …

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Export Diversification, Externalities and Growth

Herzer, Dierk; Nowak-Lehmann D., Felicitas - 2004

It is frequently suggested that export diversification contributes to an acceleration of growth in developing countries … international competition. Vertical diversification out of primary into manufactured exports is also associated with growth since … vertical export diversification are positively correlated with economic growth. Yet there have been remarkably few empirical …

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Optimal tax mix in a two-sector growth model with transitional dynamics

Davies, James B.; Zhang, Jie; Zeng, Jinli - 2000

This paper examines the problem of optimal tax mix analytically in a two-sector growth model with transitional dynamics …

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