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wages. Often, the effect is predicted to be negative. Despite the popularity of these theories, this has never been tested …. We perform tests with matched worker-firm data. The worker data are informative on individual wages and labor market … difference between labor productivity and wages in a market depends on the degree of frictions and other determinants. We correct …
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We analyze a labor market program that subsidizes skill-upgrading occupational training for work-ers employed in small and medium sized enterprises. The program covers a substantial share of training costs. Nonetheless, take-up has been low. In an experimental setup, we mailed 10,000 brochures...
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Active labor market policies are massively used with the objective being to improve labor market outcomes of individuals out of work. Many observational evaluation studies have been published. In this review, we critically assess policy effectiveness. We emphasize insights from recent randomized...
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computing technologies. This paper surveys the evidence on the effects of technical change on skills, wages and employment by … examining the micro-econometric evidence (we take this to include studies at the industry, firm, plant and individual levels … diffusion of technologies on wages in the cross section which is not robust to endogeneity and fixed effects; (iii) at the firm …
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This paper examines alternative approaches to wage subsidy programmes. It does this in the context of a recent active labour market reform for the young unemployed in Britain. This "New Deal" reform and the characteristics of the target group are examined in detail. We discuss theoretical...
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We mailed brochures to 10,000 randomly chosen employed German workers eligible for a subsizided occupational training program called WeGebAU,informing them about the importance of skill-upgrading occupational training in general and about WeGebAU in particular. Using survey and register data,we...
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We structurally estimate an equilibrium search model using German administrative data and use this for counterfactual analyses of a uniform minimum wage. The model with worker and firm heterogeneity does not restrict the sign of employment effects a priori and allows for different job offer...
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We structurally estimate an equilibrium search model using German administrative data and use this for counterfactual analyses of a uniform minimum wage. The model with worker and firm heterogeneity does not restrict the sign of employment effects a priori and allows for different job offer...
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