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Minimum income support systems as elements of crisis resilience in Europe
Eichhorst, Werner; Krause-Pilatus, Annabelle; Marx, Paul; … - 2023
This paper studies the role and performance of social policies in different European welfare states regarding minimum income protection during periods of crisis. To achieve this goal, the paper expands its analytical focus to include other tiers of social protection, in particular upstream...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014487454
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Reservation Wages, Search Duration, and Accepted Wages in Europe
Addison, John T.; Centeno, Mário; Portugal, Pedro - 2004
This paper uses data from the European Community Household Panel, 1994-99, to investigate the arrival rate of job offers, the determinants of reservation wages, transitions out of unemployment, and accepted wages. In this exploratory treatment, we report that the arrival rate of job offers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262004
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Key Elasticities in Job Search Theory : International Evidence
Addison, John T.; Centeno, Mário; Portugal, Pedro - 2004
This paper exploits the informational value of search theory, after Lancaster and Chesher (1983), in conjunction with survey data on the unemployed to calculate key reservation wage and duration elasticities for most EU-15 nations.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262058
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Employment transitions in 13 European countries : levels, distributions and determining factors of net replacement rates
Immervoll, Herwig (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001876587
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An unemployment insurance scheme for the euro area? : a comparison of different alternatives using micro data
Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Neumann, Dirk; Peichl, … - 2015
We analyze different options for the design of a common unemployment insurance system for the euro area (EA). We assess their effectiveness to act as an insurance device in the presence of asymmetric macroeconomic shocks. Running counterfactual simulations based on micro data for the period...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449042
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Drivers of participation elasticities across Europe : gender or earner role within the household?
Bartels, Charlotte; Shupe, Cortnie - 2018
elasticities using an IV Group estimator that enables us to investigate the responsiveness of individuals to work incentives. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011864908
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The lot of the unemployed: a time use perspective
Krueger, Alan B.; Mueller, Andreas - 2008
This paper provides new evidence on time use and subjective well-being of employed and unemployed individuals in 14 countries. We devote particular attention to characterizing and modeling job search intensity, measured by the amount of time devoted to searching for a new job. Job search...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268843
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Work incentives at the extensive and intensive margin in Europe : the role of taxes, benefits and population characteristics
Jara, H. Xavier; Gasior, Katrin; Makovec, Mattia - 2019
Tax and benefit systems play an important role in determining work incentives at both, the extensive and the intensive … margin of labour supply. The aim of this paper is to provide a comprehensive comparative analysis of work incentives in the … subgroups. We focus on people currently in work and characterise the population facing low work incentives in each country. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012125296
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Low incentives to work at the extensive and intensive margin in selected EU countries
Jara, H. Xavier; Gasior, Katrin; Makovec, Mattia - 2017
Tax and benefit systems play an important role in determining work incentives at both, the extensive and the intensive … margin of labour supply. The aim of this research note is to provide a comparative analysis of work incentives in selected EU …, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Hungary, Austria, Finland and the UK) to provide a description of the distribution of short- and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011675975
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Tax-benefit systems, income distribution and work incentives in the European Union
Jara, H. Xavier; Tumino, Alberto - 2013
In this paper we study the impact of tax-benefit systems on income inequality and work incentives across the 27 Member … Tax Rates.The extent to which tax-benefit systems contribute to income redistribution and provide work incentives at the … of a trade-off between income redistribution and work incentives across EU-27 countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009738946