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Overeducation : new evidence for 25 European countries
Boll, Christina; Leppin, Julian Sebastian; Rossen, Anja; … - 2016
This study investigates the incidence of overeducation among workers in the EU and its underlying factors based on the most recent wave of the European Labor Force Survey (EU-LFS 2013). Its main purpose is to shed light on the interplay of so far neglected explanatory factors such as household...
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Counteracting unemployment in crises : non-linear effects of short-time work policy
Gehrke, Britta; Hochmuth, Brigitte - 2017
Kurzarbeit ermöglicht eine temporäre Reduktion der Arbeitszeit von Arbeitnehmern in Firmen, die einer schwachen … diesem Papier zeigen wir, dass sich die Effekte diskretionärer Kurzarbeit deutlich über den Konjunkturzyklus verändern und in … Rezession und Expansion nichtlinear sind. In tiefen Rezessionen kann Kurzarbeit bis zu 0,8 Arbeitsplätze pro Kurzarbeiter …
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The impact of federal social policies on spatial income inequalities in Germany : empirical evidence from social security data
Bruckmeier, Kerstin; Schwengler, Barbara - 2009
hin: Der Anteil der Sozialleistungen am gesamten Nettoeinkommen streut regional zwischen 11% und 41%. Deutschland sieht …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003874221
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Wage losses due to overqualification : the role of formal degrees and occupational skills
Kracke, Nancy; Reichelt, Malte; Vicari, Basha - 2017
Wage penalties in overqualified employment are well documented, but little is known regarding the underlying mechanisms. We test two explanations, namely, formal overqualification and a mismatch of occupational skills. By using the National Educational Panel Study (NEPS) survey that is linked to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011630745
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Employment effects of the new German minimum wage : evidence from establishment-level micro data
Bossler, Mario; Gerner, Hans-Dieter - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung - 2016
Am 1. Januar 2015 wurde in Deutschland der allgemeine gesetzliche Mindestlohn eingeführt. Wir identifizieren …
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Natives and migrants in home production : the case of Germany
Forlani, Emanuele; Lodigiani, Elisabetta; Mendolicchio, … - 2016
in Deutschland untersuchen. Dazu wurden Individualdaten des Sozio-Ökonomischen Panels (SOEP) mit weiteren Daten bezüglich …
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History dependence in wages and cyclical selection : evidence from Germany
Bauer, Anja; Lochner, Benjamin - 2016
Using administrative data from Germany, this paper analyzes the relation between wages and past and current labor market conditions. Specifically, it explores whether the data is more consistent with implicit contract models (Beaudry/DiNardo, 1991) or a matching model with on-the-job search and...
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The role of sickness in the evaluation of job search assistance and sanctions
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Hofmann, Barbara; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2016
Unemployment insurance agencies may combat moral hazard by punishing refusals to apply to assigned vacancies. However, the possibility to report sick creates an additional moral hazard, since during sickness spells, minimum requirements on search behavior do not apply. This reduces the ex ante...
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Effectiveness of sequences of classroom training for welfare recipients : what works best in West Germany?
Dengler, Katharina - 2016
-II-Bezieher/-innen in Deutschland beobachtbar, aber bisherige Evaluationen von aktiven Arbeitsmarktprogrammen haben sich meist nur auf eine …
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Does personality matter? : the impact of the Big Five on the migrant and gender wage gaps
Brenzel, Hanna; Laible, Marie-Christine - 2016
We investigate whether the Big Five Personality Dimensions contribute to explaining gender and migrant wage gaps by using a linked employer-employee dataset. We expand the scarce literature concerning personality traits and gender wage gaps in Germany and we provide first evidence for the...
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