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Comparing the effectiveness of employment subsidies
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - 2010
This paper provides a theoretical and quantitative analysis of various types of wellknown employment subsidies. Two … important questions are addressed: (i) How should employment subsidies be targeted? (ii) How large should the subsidies be? We …) improve employment and welfare, (b) do not raise earnings inequality and (c) are self-financing. This criterion enables us to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011453727
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Comparing the effectiveness of employment subsidies
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - 2006
This paper provides a theoretical and quantitative analysis of various types of wellknown employment subsidies. Two … important questions are addressed: (i) How should employment subsidies be targeted? (ii) How large should the subsidies be? We …) improve employment and welfare, (b) do not raise earnings inequality and (c) are self-financing. This criterion enables us to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277977
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Comparing the effectiveness of employment subsidies
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - 2010 - October 2010 (this final and revised version)
This paper provides a theoretical and quantitative analysis of various types of wellknown employment subsidies. Two … important questions are addressed: (i) How should employment subsidies be targeted? (ii) How large should the subsidies be? We …) improve employment and welfare, (b) do not raise earnings inequality and (c) are self-financing. This criterion enables us to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451838
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An incentive theory of matching
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - 2009
This paper presents a theory explaining the labor market matching process through microeconomic incentives. There are heterogeneous variations in the characteristics of workers and jobs, and firms face adjustment costs in responding to these variations. Matches and separations are described...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277955
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An incentive theory of matching
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - 2009
This paper presents a theory explaining the labor market matching process through microeconomic incentives. There are heterogeneous variations in the characteristics of workers and jobs, and firms face adjustment costs in responding to these variations. Matches and separations are described...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278021
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Worker Churn and Employment Growth at the Establishment Level
Bachmann, Rüdiger - 2017
We study the relationship between employment growth and worker flows in excess of job flows (churn) at the … establishment level using the new German AWFP dataset spanning from 1975–2014. Churn is above 5 percent of employment along the … entire employment growth distribution and most pronounced at rapidly-adjusting establishments. We find that the patterns of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012945246
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Comparing the effectiveness of employment subsidies
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - 2007
This paper analyses theoretically and empirically how employment subsidies should be targeted. We contrast measures … efficiency (AWE). Thereby we can identify policies that (a) improve employment and welfare, (b) do not raise earnings inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277966
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Comparing the Effectiveness of Employment Subsidies
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2006
This paper provides a theoretical and quantitative analysis of various types of wellknown employment subsidies. Two … important questions are addressed: (i) How should employment subsidies be targeted? (ii) How large should the subsidies be? We …) improve employment and welfare, (b) do not raise earnings inequality and (c) are self-financing. This criterion enables us to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005755178
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Comparing the Effectiveness of Employment Subsidies
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper analyses theoretically and empirically how employment subsidies should be targeted. We contrast measures … efficiency" (AWE). Thereby we can identify policies that (a) improve employment and welfare, (b) do not raise earnings inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762441
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Comparing the Effectiveness of Employment Subsidies
Brown, Alessio J G; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
This paper analyses theoretically and empirically how employment subsidies should be targeted. We contrast measures … efficiency" (AWE). Thereby we can identify policies that (a)improve employment and welfare, (b)do not raise earnings inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666681