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Woher kam der deutsche Arbeitsmarktaufschwung? Und wie kann es weitergehen?
Hutter, Christian; Weber, Enzo - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 103 (2023) 9, pp. 607-612
Während die Arbeitsmärkte in Europa und auf der ganzen Welt unter den Auswirkungen der großen Rezession 2008/2009 und der europäischen Schuldenkrise 2012/2013 zu leiden hatten, war in Deutschland ein starker und anhaltender Aufschwung auf dem Arbeitsmarkt zu beobachten. Bis vor Corona hatte...
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Zeitarbeitsbranche: rückläufige Beschäftigung
Hutter, Christian; Klinger, Sabine; Weber, Enzo - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 99 (2019) 6, pp. 401-403
Die Zahl der Beschäftigten in der Zeitarbeitsbranche stieg in Deutschland lange Zeit an. Seit Ende 2017 hat sich dies verändert, die Zahl der Beschäftigten in der Zeitarbeit sinkt. Dies hängt mit der Neufassung des Arbeitnehmerüberlassungsgesetzes zusammen, aber auch mit der schwachen...
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The effect of child benefit on female labor supply
Magda, Iga; Kiełczewska, Aneta; Brandt, Nicola - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 10 (2020) 1, pp. 1-18
In 2016, the Polish government introduced a large child benefit, called "Family 500+", with the aim to increase fertility and reduce child poverty. It is universal for the second and every further child and means-tested for the first child. We study the impact of the new benefit on female labor...
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How quickly does structural reform pay off? An empirical analysis of the short-term effects of unemployment benefit reform
Bouis, Romain; Causa, Orsetta; Demmou, Lilas; Duval, Romain - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-12
While there is a fairly broad consensus regarding the potential adverse effects of generous unemployment benefit …. Findings indicate that although it takes time for unemployment benefit reforms to pay off, such reforms do not appear to entail … any negative short-run effects. There is however some suggestive evidence that reducing unemployment benefits could have …
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Another economic miracle? The German labor market and the great recession
Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-21
Germany's labor market responded only mildly to the Great Recession. Important factors for this development include the strong economic position due to recent labor market reforms, the crisis affecting mainly export-oriented companies, the extension of short-time work, time buffers due to...
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Determinants of youth unemployment in Uganda: The role of gender, education, residence, and age
Egessa, Abel; Nnyanzi, John Bosco; Muwanga, James - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 11 (2021) 1, pp. 1-29
Youth unemployment in Uganda increased from 12.7% in 2012/13 to 13.3 in 2016/17, despite a decline in the overall … national unemployment rate from 11.1% to 9.2%. This poses serious development challenges, particularly to the ongoing efforts …, residence, and age determine youth unemployment in Uganda. Using recent data from the Uganda National Household Survey 2016 …
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Who bears the cost of the business cycle? Labor-market institutions and volatility of the youth unemployment rate
Kawaguchi, Daiji; Murao, Tetsushi - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-22
paper examines the effect of labor-market institutions on the fluctuations of age-specific unemployment rates based on panel …The way age-specific unemployment rates fluctuate over the business cycle differs significantly across countries. This …
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Collective bargaining systems and macroeconomic and microeconomic flexibility: The quest for appropriate institutional forms in advanced economies
Addison, John T. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 5 (2016) 19, pp. 1-53
This paper addresses the design of the machinery of collective bargaining from the perspective of microeconomic and macroeconomic flexibility. In the former context, somewhat greater attention is given over to enterprise flexibility than external adjustment. In the latter context, close...
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Shifts in euro area Beveridge curves and their determinants
Bonthuis, Boele; Jarvis, Valerie; Vanhala, Juuso - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 5 (2016) 20, pp. 1-17
This paper analyses euro area Beveridge curves at the euro area aggregate and country level over the past 25 years. Using an autoregressive distributed lag model, we find a significant outward shift and flattening of the euro area Beveridge curve since the onset of the crisis, but considerable...
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Unemployment impact of product and labor market regulation: Evidence from European countries
Piton, Céline; Rycx, François - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 9 (2019) 1, pp. 1-32
This paper provides robust estimates of the impact of both product and labor market regulations on unemployment using … set of covariates, results show that product market deregulation overall reduces the unemployment rate. This finding is … effect: deregulation of state controls and in particular involvement in business operations tend to push up the unemployment …
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