Payroll taxes represent a major distortionary influence of governments on labor markets. Thispaper examines the role of payroll taxation and the social safety net for cyclical fluctuations ina nonmonetary economy with labor market frictions and unemployment insurance, when thelatter is only...

This paper studies the effects on registered employment, earnings, and number of registered establishments of two employment subsidy schemes in Turkey. We implement a difference-in-differences methodology to construct appropriate counterfactuals for the covered provinces...

The Swedish labour market and social policy is aimed at facilitating flexibility in the labourmarket. The active labour market policy and the design of the social security pension systemare two frequently mentioned examples of that policy...

Die Beschäftigungswirkungen von Steuersenkungen und Änderungen der Steuerprogressionwerden in Modellen mit Lohnverhandlungen und Effizienzlöhnen untersucht.Es zeigt sich, daß die betrachteten Standardmodelle die positiven Effekteeiner steileren Steuerprogression überzeichnen;...

Beschäftigungsentwicklung und -strukturArbeitslose und erwerbsfähigeHilfebedürftige: Aufteilung in zweiRegimesBewegung in und aus ArbeitslosigkeitArbeitslosigkeit nach Gruppen:Ausländer, Jüngere, Ältere..

Unlike other disability systems in developed economies, the Spanish system allows partiallydisabled individuals to work while receiving disability benefits. The puzzle is, however, thatemployment rates in this group of individuals are very low. The aim of this paper is tounderstand the...

Using two Dutch labour force surveys, employment assimilation of immigrants is examined. We observe marked differences between immigrants by source country. Non-western immigrants never reach parity with native Dutch. Even second generation immigrants never fully catch up...

Using a linked employer-employee dataset and taking the perspective of individuals rather than firms, this paper analyzes some effects of joining start-ups. We show that entrants in new firms differ from those joining incumbent firms, and we use a matching approach to compare a group of...

In einigen europäischen Ländernerleben Genossenschaften einenBoom, der mit neuen Beschäftigungsmöglichkeiteneinhergeht.In Deutschland ist die Zahl derGenossenschaften demgegenüberseit Jahren rückläufi g. Vor allem fürkleinere Selbsthilfeinitiativen ist dieGenossenschaft ungeeignet; sie...