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Labor Supply Dynamics, Unemployment and Human Capital Investments
Wasmer, Etienne - 2002
composition of the labor force, between-groups wage inequality and the level of unemployment. The main result is that a labor … labor force, there is higher unemployment among low-experience workers, they do not accumulate enough on-the-job human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262787
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Labor supply dynamics, unemployment and human capital investments
Wasmer, Etienne - 2002
composition of the labor force, between-groups wage inequality and the level of unemployment. The main result is that a labor … labor force, there is higher unemployment among low-experience workers, they do not accumulate enough on-the-job human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410676
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In-Work Benefits and Unemployment
Tonin, Mirco - 2011
of in-work benefits on search intensity, participation, employment, and unemployment, compared to a framework in which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130454
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Differentiated Payroll Taxes, Unemployment and Welfare
Kolm, Ann-Sofie - 1998
This paper investigates the effects of payroll taxes on unemployment and welfare in a two-sector economy characterized …. Unemployment could be reduced, and hence production could be increased, by taxing the less competitive sector relatively more heavy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014101668
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Equilibrium employment in a model of imperfect labor markets
Garibaldi, Pietro; Wasmer, Etienne - 2003
, it delivers an expression for the employment rate and as side-products, a measure of the unemployment rate and the size … of the labor force. Second, it rationalizes several empirical works on the definition of unemployment in labor force …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277062
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In-work benefits and unemployment
Tonin, Mirco; Kolm, Ann-Sofie - 2011
of in-work benefits on search intensity, participation, employment, and unemployment, compared to a framework in which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009130581
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Space, Search and Efficiency
Wasmer, Etienne; Zenou, Yves - 2000
We investigate the role of spatial frictions in search equilibrium unemployment. For that, we develop a model of the … interaction between land and labor markets, and decompose the equilibrium unemployment rate into two parts: a pure non-spatial one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262389
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Space, search and efficiency
Wasmer, Etienne; Zenou, Yves - 2000
We investigate the role of spatial frictions in search equilibrium unemployment. For that, we develop a model of the … interaction between land and labor markets, and decompose the equilibrium unemployment rate into two parts: a pure non-spatial one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336862
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Interpreting Europe and US labor markets differences : the specificity of human capital investments
Wasmer, Etienne - 2002
little employment protection and low unemployment benefits, while the European model (generous benefits and higher duration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011412475
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Does tax evasion affect unemployment and educational choice?
Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Larsen, Birthe - 2004
To examine the macro economic effects of government tax and punishment policies, this paper develops a three-sector general quilibrium model featuring matching frictions, heterogenous abilities and an informal sector with tax evasion. The choice of education is determined endogenously. Job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011575188