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Incentives and complementarities of flexicurity
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Snower, Dennis J. - 2009
microfounded model of searching workers and firms, calibrate it to Germany and perform the policy experiment of implementing the … full Danish flexicurity set of policies (low employment protection, high unemployment benefits and workfare). Our results … show that implementing the Danish flexicurity concept in Germany would reduce unemployment and earnings inequality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003850634
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Erfolg durch Reform : das deutsche Jobwunder
Eichhorst, Werner - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010517431
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Labour Market Flexibility and Employment Protection Regulation in the Baltic States
Masso, Jaan; Eamets, Raul - 2004
There is increasing pressure for the flexibility of labour markets both in current EU member states and candidate countries. The paper aims to estimate the strictness of employment protection regulation, one of the most relevant aspects of labour market flexibility, and the degree of its actual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261896
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The Effects of Multiple Minimum Wages Throughout the Labor Market
Terrell, Katherine; Gindling, T. H. - 2004
This paper investigates the effects of legal minimum wages on wages, employment, hours worked and monthly earnings among workers covered by minimum wage legislation as well as those for whom it does not apply (the uncovered sector) in Costa Rica. This country?s large uncovered sector and complex...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261907
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Minimum Wages, Inequality and Globalization
Terrell, Katherine; Gindling, T. H. - 2004
This paper contributes to our understanding of the impact of institutions on incomes of workers in developing countries by rigorously addressing the question as to whether changes in minimum wages can change the inequality of the distribution of earnings. More specifically, we analyze whether...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261908
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Loosening hours constraints on the supply of labor : what if Germans had a Dutch labor market?
Wolf, Elke - 2000
Total employment in Germany is supposed to increase if people could realize their desired working hours. However, this … additional work-sharing in Germany. Furthermore, the match between actual and desired hours of Germans would improve if Germans … that hours restrictions shrank over time, which means, Germany seems to be moving towards a more flexible labor market. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445026
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Loosening Hours Constraints on the Supply of Labor : What If Germans Had a Dutch Labor Market?
Wolf, Elke - 2008
Total employment in Germany is supposed to increase if people could realize their desired working hours. However, this … additional work-sharing in Germany. Furthermore, the match between actual and desired hours of Germans would improve if Germans … hours restrictions shrank over time, which means, Germany seems to be moving towards a more exible labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014089251
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Employment Consequences of Employment Protection Legislation
Skedinger, Per - 2011
This article surveys the literature and adds to the evidence on the impact of employment protection legislation on employment. While stringent employment protection contributes to less turnover and job reallocation, the effects on aggregate employment and unemployment over the business cycle are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320362
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Employment consequences of employment protection legislation
Skedinger, Per - 2011
This article surveys the literature and adds to the evidence on the impact of employment protection legislation on employment. While stringent employment protection contributes to less turnover and job reallocation, the effects on aggregate employment and unemployment over the business cycle are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008936965
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Employment Consequences of Employment Protection Legislation
Skedinger, Per - 2012
This article surveys the literature and adds to the evidence on the impact of employment protection legislation on employment. While stringent employment protection contributes to less turnover and job reallocation, the effects on aggregate employment and unemployment over the business cycle are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104107