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strong evidence that decreased unemployment compensation has an adverse effect on wages. We use micro panel data to identify …
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wages of displaced German workers after they returned to work. We also present a simple new method to decompose the wage … wages of displaced workers after their return to work. Women experienced smaller wage losses than men. For both sexes, over …-displacement wages. …
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findings suggest that the reform caused a considerable reduction of wages. Our replication of their study suggests that their … development of wages is investigated based on a finer time grid. Further methodological considerations put into question whether …
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strong evidence that lower unemployment benefit has an adverse effect on wages. We use panel data to identify and estimate …. In eastern Germany there is no systematic difference between men and women but the negative impact on wages is confirmed. …
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This paper provides an analysis of recent reforms of tax-benefit systems and a preliminary assessment of their impact on financial incentives to work and on labour supply. Many Member States have introduced policies to “make work pay” and have targeted low-wage workers with the aim of...
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In this paper, I study the distributional consequences of the German Hartz reforms, a set of four comprehensive labor market reforms implemented in Germany between 2003 and 2005. I exploit regional variation in the intensity German counties were affected by the reforms to estimate the causal...
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erences in the distribution of income and wages using county-level data from Germany. Chapter 2 analyzes the impact of the so …
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erences in the distribution of income and wages using county-level data from Germany. Chapter 2 analyzes the impact of the so …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012484032
In this paper, I study the distributional consequences of the German Hartz reforms, a set of four comprehensive labor market reforms implemented in Germany between 2003 and 2005. I exploit regional variation in the intensity German counties were affected by the reforms to estimate the causal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012431602
Wages and statutory pension claims are connected via the German social insurance system. This dissertation analyzes … unemployment risks on individual wages are analyzed in chapter 2. Building on a portfolio model for the labor market, the effects … compensation has an adverse effect on wages. In West Germany the effect is increasing with the level of qualification. The risk of …
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