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Immigration and Support for Redistribution: Lessons from Europe
Journal of Economic Literature, 2023 Research shows that opposition to policies that redistribute across racial divides has affected the development of the American welfare state. Are similar dynamics at play in Western Europe? For many scholars, the answer is yes.
Charlotte Cavaillé +1 more
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The Integration of Migrants in the German Labor Market: Evidence Over 50 Years
Social Science Research Network, 2023 IZA DP No. 16442 SEPTEMBER 2023 The Integration of Migrants in the German Labor Market: Evidence over 50 Years* Germany has become the second-most important destination for migrants worldwide.
Paul Berbée, Jan Stuhler
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Local Employment Dynamics and Commuting Costs
Social Science Research Network, 2023 I explore the links between commuting costs and local employment dynamics using a spatial discontinuity introduced by a French reform in September 2015. The reform decreased the cost of public transportation in selected areas of the Paris region, but did
J. Pascal
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Do Job Seekers Understand the Ui Benefit System (and Does it Matter)?
Social Science Research Network, 2022 IZA DP No. 15747 NOVEMBER 2022 Do Job Seekers Understand the UI Benefit System (And Does It Matter)?* We study how job seekers’ understanding of complex unemployment benefit rules affects their labor market performance.
Steffen Altmann +3 more
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Empirical Evaluation of Broader Job Search Requirements for Unemployed Workers
Social Science Research Network, 2022 IZA DP No. 15698 NOVEMBER 2022 Empirical Evaluation of Broader Job Search Requirements for Unemployed Workers* This paper analyses data from a large-scale field experiment where unemployed workers were randomly assigned to an additional caseworker ...
B. Klaauw, Heike Vethaak
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Losing Prospective Entitlement to Unemployment Benefits. Impact on Educational Attainment
Social Science Research Network, 2022 IZA DP No. 15439 JULY 2022 Losing Prospective Entitlement to Unemployment Benefits. Impact on Educational Attainment Providing income support to unemployed education-leavers reduces the returns to investments in education because it makes the ...
Bart Cockx +2 more
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, 2018 This paper examines the effectiveness of active labour market policies (ALMPs) in improving labour market outcomes, especially of low-skilled individuals, by means of a pooled cross-country and time series database for 31 advanced countries during the ...
V. Escudero
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Bridging the Intention-Behavior Gap? The Effect of Plan-Making Prompts on Job Search and Employment
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2017 The paper tests the effects of plan making on job search and employment. In a field experiment with unemployed youths, participants who complete a detailed job search plan increase the number of job applications submitted (by 15 percent) but not the time
Martin Abel +3 more
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The Effects of Minimum Wage Increases in the Czech Republic
Social Science Research Network, 2021 This paper analyzes employment effects of four minimum wage increases implemented in the Czech Republic during 2012-2017, which cumulatively increased the national minimum wage by 37 percent.
J. Grossmann
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Social Science Research Network, 2000 The development of the unemployment rate differs substantially between OECD countries. In recent years some countries experienced a mild increase, other countries had a stable unemployment rate, while there are also ‘successful’ countries in which the ...
J. van Ours, M. Belot
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