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Beyond the added-worker and the discouraged-worker effects: the entitled-worker effect
Martín-Román, Ángel L. - 2020
EWE is a consequence of one of the most important labor institutions: the unemployment benefit (UB). We develop a model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015223874
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Die Arbeitslosenversicherung in Deutschland – Beitrag zur Bekämpfung oder Ursache von Arbeitslosigkeit
Breiding, Torsten - 2006
Abstract German (English abstract is added below) Arbeitslosigkeit gilt als eines der schwerwiegendsten gesellschaftlichen Probleme unserer Zeit. Doch welche Gründe liegen, trotz der über die Jahre eingeleiteten Maßnahmen zur Bekämpfung der Arbeitslosigkeit, für die anhaltende...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015220636
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Gig Sector in the African Economy: Frameworks, Challenges and Prospects
Nwaobi, Godwin - 2024
Notably, Africa countries have enjoyed relatively strong economic growth for the past years (decade) mainly because of impressive global demand for primary commodities. Unfortunately, Africa’s economic growth had failed to generate many good jobs and thus postponing the benefits of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015213292
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From the Right to Work to Freedom from Work: Introduction to the Human Economy
Bueno, Nicolas - 2017
t may appear to be paradoxical to celebrate work as a human right in an economic system in which for many work is associated with activities that are rather repetitive or stressful, sometimes meaningless, and seldom freely chosen. After presenting the content and historical origins of the human...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015212563
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Endogenous Labor Force Participation and Firing Costs
Moon, Weh-Sol - 2009
I construct a matching model to explain the labor market transition between employment, unemployment and … in the layoff rate, and this results in an increase in the unemployment-to-population ratio. Finally, firing costs make …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015217167
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Recent reforms of the tax and benefit systems in the framework of flexicurity
Carone, Giuseppe; Stovicek, Klara; Pierini, Fabiana; … - 2009
unemployment. Member States should continue along the line of reforms followed so far. The Commission has stressed the importance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015223025
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Endogenous Labor Force Participation and Firing Costs
Moon, Weh-Sol - 2009
I construct a matching model to explain the labor market transition between employment, unemployment and … in the layoff rate, and this results in an increase in the unemployment-to-population ratio. Finally, firing costs make …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015225304
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Unemployment accounts
Setty, Ofer - 2012
Unemployment Accounts (UA) are mandatory individual saving accounts that can be used by governments as an alternative … to the Unemployment Insurance (UI) system. I study a two tier UA-UI system where the unemployed withdraw from their … unemployment account until it is exhausted and then receive unemployment benefits. The hybrid policy provides insurance to workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015231472
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Matching, Wage Rigidities and Efficient Severance Pay
Fella, Giulio - 2012
This paper studies the effect mandated severance pay in a matching model featuring wage rigidity for ongoing, but not new, matches and Pareto efficient spot renegotiation of mandated severance pay. Severance pay matters only if real wage rigidities imply inefficient separation under employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015231963
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The Elasticity of Informality to Taxes and Transfers
Alonso-Ortiz, Jorge; Leal Ordonez, Julio - 2013
In this work we study the impact on the size of the informal sector of a tax levied on formal workers, and transfers that may be distributed to both formal and informal workers alike. We build a search model that features an informal sector and we calibrate it to data from Mex- ico. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015238610