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We use data on enterprise level from a survey of medium sized and big companies to test for downward nominal wage rigidity in Poland. We find relatively weak support for downward nominal wage rigidity when average total compensation in the enterprise is taken into account. However, since this...
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, in many African countries, unemployment rates are low and growth is seldom jobless. Regrettably, most of the poor work … long hours and cannot make ends meet while the violation of basic human rights is not uncommon. Again, youth unemployment …
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State interventions into Labour policies in India are directed towards ensuring both job security and income security. In this paper we look at likely impact of such policies. The laws are found to serve the organised workers primarily while large masses of unorganised workers are without any...
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The formation of the European Union (EU) is the one of the biggest political – economic events of the last 50 years. The aim of this study is to develop EU economy functioning system dynamic model. Main research method is system dynamics. General scheme of EU economy system dynamic model is...
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analyze the effects of the German unemployment insurance - the reality in Germany compared to the theory - an evaluation of …Abstract German (English abstract is added below) Arbeitslosigkeit gilt als eines der schwerwiegendsten … Arbeitslosigkeit, für die anhaltende Beschäftigungskrise vor? Und in welchem Umfang hat das deutsche Sozial- und Wohlfahrtssystem zu …
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Die Verteilung gesellschaftlicher Ressourcen ist von hoher gesellschafts- wie wirtschafts- und sozialpolitischer Bedeutung. Was allerdings für eine fundierte Auseinandersetzung fehlt, sind zuverlässige Daten vor allem zu den hohen Einkommen. Die vorliegende Studie soll dazu beitragen, die...
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This note analyses the interaction between nominal wage stickiness and costly employment adjustment in a small closed-economy New Keynesian model with simple rule-based or optimal monetary policy. The results show (1) the costs of nominal and real rigidity to depend on the policy regime, (2)...
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trend in unemployment, which appears to be related to the slowdown of economic growth. However, the relation between … unemployment and a slowing growth pattern stems from an external variable: a rapid increase in the cost of labor. There are many …, therefore creating unemployment. Second, because the cost of labor rises, firms will begin replacing labor with capital until …
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Abstract: This note investigates the interaction between nominal and real labour market rigidities. It shows nominal wage rigidity to have little effect on the welfare loss from labour adjustment costs under a labour supply shock. This implies that the second best effect of nominal price...
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reciprocal relationship. The variable considered are: unemployment, inflation, consumptions, investments and current accounts. We … between investment and unemployment, c) we show the revival of the Phillips curve, especially in Germany, d) we test for the … relationship between unemployment and the Government deficit, e) we show the existence of a relationship between unemployment and …
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