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Die Rentenreform in der Diskussion : ein Mikrosimulationsmodell für die Altersvorsorge in Deutschland (AVID-PRO)
Schatz, Christof; Merz, Joachim - 2000
Anfang diesen Jahres wurden die Ergebnisse der Studie "Altersvorsorge in Deutschland 1996 (AVID '96)" veröffentlicht. Diese Studie beschreibt die zukünftige Alterseinkommenssituation der heute noch erwerbstätigen Bevölkerung. Zentraler Bestandteil ist die Schätzung der zukünftigen weiteren...
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ICT skills and labor market outcomes in India : evidence from cell tower expansion
Azam, Mehtabul; Emran, M. Shahe; Shilpi, Forhad Jahan - 2024
Using a nationally representative large-scale survey of individual ICT skills in India (Multiple Indicators Survey, 2020), we provide evidence on the effects of ICT skills on labor market outcomes and household welfare as measured by per capita expenditure. We study the effects both at the...
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Labor market effects of US sick pay mandates
Pichler, Stefan; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2016
market consequences. We use the Synthetic Control Group Method (SCGM) and the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW …) to estimate the causal effect of mandated sick leave on employment and wages. Our findings do not provide much evidence … that employment or wages were significantly affected by the mandates which typically allow employees to earn one hour of …
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Labor market effects of U.S. sick pay mandates
Pichler, Stefan; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2018
difference-in-differences models along with the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages to estimate the causal effects of … mandated sick pay on employment and wages. We do not find much evidence that employment or wages were significantly affected by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011911166
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Workers and labour market outcomes of informal jobs in formal employment : a job-based informality for nine sub-saharan African countries
Tijdens, Kea Gartje; Besamusca, Janna; Klaveren, Maarten van - 2013
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The anatomy of behavioral responses to social assistance when informal employment is high
Bergolo, Marcelo; Cruces, Guillermo - 2016
The disincentive effects of social assistance programs on registered employment are a first order policy concern in developing countries. Means tests determine eligibility with respect to some income threshold, and governments can only verify earnings from registered employment. The loss of...
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The anatomy of behavioral responses to social assistance when informal employment is high
Bergolo, Marcelo; Cruces, Guillermo - 2016
The disincentive effects of social assistance programs on registered (or formal) employment are a first order policy concern in developing and middle income countries. Means tests determine eligibility with respect to some income threshold, and governments can only verify earnings from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011563188
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Searching for welfare, work and gender equality
Plantenga, Janneke - 2014
The paper describes to which extent European welfare states support an individual adult worker model and how the current policy should be assessed in terms of gender equality. Although a more individual design of welfare policies is clearly recognizable, the paper also illustrates the large gap...
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Do changes in employment and hours worked contribute to a decreasing in the mental health of single mothers during a period of welfare reform in the UK? : a longitudinal analysis (...
Simpson, Julija; Bambra, Clare; Brown, Heather W. - 2021
We investigate the role of employment in explaining changes in the mental health of single mothers compared to partnered mothers and single childless women during the period of welfare reform in the UK. We employ a time allocation framework to explore if reductions in benefit income led to a...
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Was the Georgian policy shifting public sector working hours by one hour "family friendly" and did it increase female labor participation?
Bezhanishvili, Levan; Appleman, William; Abramishvili, Zurab - 2020
On September 1, 2014, Georgia enacted a one-time, immediate policy shifting public office working hours from 10:00-19:00 to 9:00-18:00 and affected the work schedules of all subjected employees. Due to professional scheduling conflicts faced by women with household responsibilities, some members...
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