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Retirement and informal care-giving : behavioral patterns among older workers
Raab, Roman - 2017
This paper uses panel data from the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) to study the effect of … care-giving on retirement. The findings suggest that care- and support-giving contributes to the retirement decision, in … particular for men. While the frequency of care activities is more influential in the male retirement decision, the most …
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Five Years after the Reform of the Social and Unemployment Benefits in Germany
Brenke, Karl - In: Weekly Report 6 (2010) 12, pp. 86-96
Great expectations were connected with the so-called Hartz IV reform which came into effect five years ago. In fact the number of unemployed recipients of Hartz IV benefits drastically went down during the last economic rebound. In earlier economic cycles the number of unemployed recipients of...
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Recent extensions of US unemployment benefits: Search responses in alternative labor market states
Valletta, Robert G. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 3 (2014), pp. 1-25
In response to the 2007-09 "Great Recession," the maximum duration of U.S. unemployment benefits was increased from the normal level of 26 weeks to an unprecedented 99 weeks. I estimate the impact of these extensions on job search, comparing them with the more limited extensions associated with...
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Determinanten des Suchverhaltens von Arbeitslosen
Caliendo, Marco; Uhlendorff, Arne - In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for … 44 (2011) 1/2, pp. 119-125
The transition process from unemployment to employment is determined by the reservation wage and the search effort of the unemployed worker. The optimal search strategy depends on labour market institutions like the generosity of unemployment benefits and 'classical' characteristics like age and...
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Ältere Arbeitslose am Scheideweg zwischen Erwerbsleben und Ruhestand: Gründe für ihren Rückzug vom Arbeitsmarkt
Wübbeke, Christina - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 46 (2013) 1, pp. 61-82
labour market policy until 2007: They have been entitled to unemployment benefit payments until taking up retirement pension … motive for leaving the labour market; in particular, those anticipating a low retirement income actually wanted to be re … older long-term unemployed people into pre-retirement cannot be attributed to a utility-maximising decision in favour of …
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Reducing severance costs or subsidizing permanent job creation: Which policy is more effective to reduce duality?
Osuna, Victoria - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 9 (2015) 2015-17, pp. 1-35
This paper introduces endogenous on-the-job training in the job creation and destruction model of the search and matching type by García-Pérez and Osuna (Dual labour markets and the tenure distribution: Reducing severance pay or introducing a single contract, 2014). The objective is to compare...
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Unemployment benefits and unemployment
Moffitt, Robert A. - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
All developed economies have unemployment benefit programs to protect workers against major income losses during spells of unemployment. By enabling unemployed workers to meet basic consumption needs, the programs protect workers from having to sell their assets or accept jobs below their...
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Worker displacement in transition economies and in China
Lehmann, Hartmut - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Continuous enterprise restructuring is needed for the transition and emerging market economies to become and remain competitive. However, the beneficial effects of restructuring in the medium run are accompanied by large worker displacement. The costs of displacement can be large and...
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Should severance pay be consistent for all workers?
Pérez, J. Ignacio García - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
The trend towards labor market flexibility in Europe has typically involved introducing legislation that makes it easier for firms to issue temporary contracts with low firing costs, while not changing the level of protection that is in place for permanent jobs. This has created a strong...
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