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In many European countries, labor markets are characterized by high regional disparities in terms of unemployment rates … on the one hand and low geographical mobility among the unemployed on the other hand. This is somewhat surprising and …
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wage and search effort varies considerably among the groups considered. -- immigrants ; policy evaluation ; reservation … wage ; search effort ; expactation ; unemployment duration ; program evaluation ; active labor market policy …
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wage and search effort varies considerably among the groups considered. -- immigrants ; policy evaluation ; reservation … wage ; search effort ; expectations ; unemployment duration ; program evaluation ; active labor market policy …
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Labor market programs may affect unemployed individuals' behavior before they enroll. Such ex ante effects may differ according to ethnic origin. We apply a novel method that relates self-reported perceived treatment rates and job search behavioral outcomes, such as the reservation wage or...
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In many countries, women are over-represented among low-wage employees, which is why a wage floor could benefit them particularly. Following this notion, we analyse the impact of the German minimum wage introduction in 2015 on the gender wage gap. Germany poses an interesting case study in this...
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This paper evaluates the effects of job creation schemes on the participating individuals in Germany. Since previous empirical studies of these measures have been based on relatively small datasets and focussed on East Germany, this is the first study which allows to draw policy-relevant...
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This study quantifies the short-term distributional effects of the new statutory minimum wage in Germany. Using detailed survey data (German Socio-Economic Panel), we assess changes in the distributions of hourly wages, contractual and actual working hours, and monthly earnings. Our descriptive...
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This study quantifies the short-term distributional effects of the new statutory minimum wage in Germany. Using detailed survey data (German Socio-Economic Panel), we assess changes in the distributions of hourly wages, contractual and actual working hours, and monthly earnings. Our descriptive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011785655
analyze the unemployment dynamics of job seekers with and without marginal employment, we consider an inflow sample into … unemployment and estimate multivariate duration models. While we do not find any significant impact on the job finding probability … probability of marginal employment at the beginning of the unemployment spell and an increased job finding probability for the …
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incentives due to higher net earnings. Additional earnings during unemployment might lead to higher reservation wages prolonging … the duration of unemployment, yet also giving unemployed individuals more time to search for better and more stable jobs … evaluate the impact of marginal employment on unemployment duration and subsequent job quality, we consider a sample of fresh …
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