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Im vorliegenden Aufsatz werden die Gründe für den Unterschied zwischen den Arbeitlosenquoten in Europa und den Vereinigten Staaten erläutert. Nach Solow ist die Ursache der Arbeitslosigkeit nicht allein die Arbeitsmarktrigidität in Europa, sondern ebenfalls die geringe Nachfrage nach Arbeit,...
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In contrast to much recent work regarding the causes of European unemployment, in this paper, we emphasise the … accumulation and unemployment, we argue that what matters for the evolution of employment [and the unemployment rate] is not the …
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for elderly workers in Austria. The REBP extended entitlement to regular unemployment benefits from 30 weeks to a maximum …-experimental situation from which a lot can be learned about the impact of unemployment insurance rules on the dynamics of employment …, unemployment, and wages. We find that the REBP led to a tremendous increase in unemployment, which was due to both an increase in …
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We study the empirical relationship between labor taxation and pretax wages in Italy. We find that higher tax progressivity increases pretax wages. To explain this result, we introduce in an informal way a relative wage effect and argue that the combination of this effect with the labor supply...
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affect inflation. Likewise, the interaction between central bank independence and coordination does not affect unemployment. …
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In this paper we analyze the relationship between unemployment and consumption. We study this relationship with panel … empirical results indicate that an increase in the duration of unemployment spells of male household heads is associated with … institutional frameworks. Given that the coverage and generosity of social welfare institutions are both higher in the North, and …
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in geographical mobility, unemployment and labor market institutions. Rational agents vote over unemployment insurance … high unemployment, low geographical mobility and high unemployment insurance, and one "American" steadystate featuring low … unemployment, high mobility and low unemployment insurance. …
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The issue of whether unemployment benefits should increase or decrease over the unemployment spell is analyzed in an … search productivity of unemployed is constant over the unemployment spell, benefits should typically increase or be constant …
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The purpose of this paper is threefold. First, we survey the way in which the tax burden on labour has been proxied for in recent multi-country macro-economic studies. Second, we criticalyy evaluate these proxies. Finally, we examine to what extent the conclusions of some studies change if some...
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-up financing on the structure of unemployment is of interest. We use a cross-country panel data analysis to examine how venture … on sectoral-, educational- and occupational-specific unemployment. We suggest, on the basis of the regression results …
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