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The performance of immigrants in the German labor market
Beyer, Robert - 2016
This paper uses a large survey (SOEP) to update and deepen our knowledge about the labor market performance of immigrants in Germany. It documents that immigrant workers initially earn on average 20 percent less than native workers with otherwise identical characteristics. The gap is smaller for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011613463
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The aggregate effects of the Hartz reforms in Germany
Hertweck, Matthias S.; Sigrist, Oliver - 2012
(1983-2009). We show that, until the early 2000s, close to 60% of changes in the unemployment rate are due to changes in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290957
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The Aggregate Effects of the Hartz Reforms in Germany
Hertweck, Matthias S.; Sigrist, Oliver - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
(1983-2009). We show that, until the early 2000s, close to 60% of changes in the unemployment rate are due to changes in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010787015
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Hartz and minds: Happiness effects of reforming an employment agency
Deter, Max - 2020
Since the labor market reforms around 2005, known as the Hartz reforms, Germany has experienced declining unemployment … unemployment rate. Also unemployed persons who exogenously lost their jobs are affected by the reforms. In line with the structure …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012294311
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Why Does Unemployment Hurt the Employed? Evidence from the Life Satisfaction Gap between the Public and Private Sectors
Luechinger, Simon; Meier, Stephan; Stutzer, Alois - 2008
High rates of unemployment entail substantial costs to the working population in terms of reduced subjective well … sensitivity of subjective well-being to fluctuations in unemployment rates is much lower in the public sector than in the private … unemployment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600752
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Why Does Unemployment Hurt the Employed?: Evidence from the Life Satisfaction Gap between the Public and Private Sectors
Luechinger, Simon; Meier, Stephan; Stutzer, Alois - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2008
High rates of unemployment entail substantial costs to the working population in terms of reduced subjective well … sensitivity of subjective well-being to fluctuations in unemployment rates is much lower in the public sector than in the private … unemployment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017424
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Does it pay to be a woman? Labour demand effects of maternity-related job protection and replacement incomes
Scheubel, Beatrice - 2014
1990s constitute the setting for a difference-in-differences analysis of the transition into employment as well as wages … for women in childbearing age without a university degree.In addition, I nd a 5-10% increase in wages for women in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010421050
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Does It Pay to Be a Woman?: Labour Demand Effects of Maternity-Related Job Protection and Replacement Incomes
Scheubel, Beatrice - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2014
1990s constitute the setting for a difference-in-differences analysis of the transition into employment as well as wages … for women in childbearing age without a university degree.In addition, I nd a 5-10% increase in wages for women in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011267917
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Lags and Leads in Life Satisfaction: A Test of the Baseline Hypothesis
Clark, Andrew E.; Diener, Ed; Georgellis, Yannis; … - 2008
marriage, divorce, widowhood, birth of child, and layoff. However, there is little evidence of adaptation to unemployment for … men. Men are somewhat more affected by labour market events (unemployment and layoffs) than are women, but in general the …
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A Level Playing Field: An Optimal Weighting Scheme of Dismissal Protection Characteristics
Kind, Michael - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2013
In the case of collective redundancies, employers are forced to regard certain characteristics when deciding who is going to be dismissed. This paper develops a procedure to derive an empirical based weighting scheme between the characteristics relevant for this selection (age, disability,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010896282