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The structure of worker compensation in Brazil, with a comparison to France and the United States

Menezes-Filho, Naercio Aquino (contributor); … - 2006

differential in Brazilian and U.S. manufacturing coincides, and is considerably smaller than in France. Estimates are unaffected by … those of France. Worker characteristics have comparable explanatory power for manufacturing wage variability in the three …

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Exports and property prices in France : are they connected?

Égert, Balázs; Kierzenkowski, Rafał - 2010

France has seen a marked deterioration in its export performance in the last 10 years or so. Previous empirical …-to-head competition with Germany; iii) low non-price competitiveness of French export goods; iv) offshoring of entire production processes … construction sector triggered by fast rising property prices hindered France to meet world export demand vis-à-vis its products …

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Unemployment in Germany : reasons and remedies

Berthold, Norbert; Fehn, Rainer - 2003

This paper discusses the reasons for the dismal labor market performance of Germany over the last three decades along …

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The threat to the German welfare state

Sinn, Hans-Werner - 2000

Germany is in a dilemma. Low wage competition via product and factor markets increases the demands on the welfare state …

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Personality traits and the evaluation of start-up subsidies

Caliendo, Marco; Künn, Steffen; Weißenberger, Martin - 2016

start-up subsidy for unemployed individuals in Germany using propensity score matching under the CIA. Having access to rich …

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Labor market institutions and the cost of recessions

Krebs, Tom; Scheffel, Martin - 2016

substantial reduction in the output cost of recessions and a more moderate reduction in the welfare cost of recessions in Germany. …

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Income support, (un-)employment and well-being

Hetschko, Clemens; Schöb, Ronnie; Wolf, Tobias - 2016

Using specific panel data of German welfare benefit recipients, we investigate the nonpecuniary life satisfaction effects of in-work benefits. Our empirical strategy combines difference-in-difference designs with synthetic control groups to analyze transitions of workers between unemployment,...

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Can job search assistance improve the labour market integration of refugees? : evidence from a field experiment

Battisti, Michele; Giesing, Yvonne; Laurentsyeva, Nadzeya - 2018

refugees in Germany. The treatment group received job-matching support: an NGO identified suitable vacancies and sent the …

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Optimal use of labor market policies : the role of job search assistance

Wunsch, Conny - 2009

This paper studies the role of job search assistance programs in optimal welfare-to-work programs. The analysis is based on a framework, that allows for endogenous choice of benefit types and levels, wage taxes or subsidies, and activation measures such as monitoring and job search assistance...

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Quick job entry or long-term human capital development? : the dynamic effects of alternative training schemes

Osikominu, Aderonke - 2012

This paper investigates how precisely short-term, job-search oriented training programs as opposed to long-term, human capital intensive training programs work. We evaluate and compare their effects on time until job entry, stability of employment, and earnings. Further, we examine the...

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