On the robustness of minimum wage effects: geographically-disparate trends and job growth equations
In: Working paper series in economics 330
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In: Working paper series in economics 330
Mixing economic theory and empirical analysis, this book tackles the economics and econometrics of codetermination, rooted in the German Mitbestimmung. The core themes are an examination of the theory and practice of co-determination at plant (work councils) and enterprise (worker directors) levels
In: Estudos e documentos de trabalho / Banco de Portugal 04,13
In: Arbeitsbericht 292
In a survey published in this Journal, Frege (2002) evaluates research on the German works council from the perspective of several disciplines, including economics. Ultimately, she concludes that economic analysis of the works council has reached a "dead end". The present treatment offers a very different conclusion based on a more encompassing review of the evidence...
In: Discussion paper series 495
In: Discussion paper series 350
This paper examines the determinants of unemployment duration in a competing risks framework with two destination states, namely, inactivity and employment. The major innovation is our recognition of defective risks. We first use a polynomial hazard function to test for the presence of two-sources of defective risks: search involving a random process of unlucky draws that yields a non-proper duration distribution; and a split-population model in which the decision by some individuals not to consider certain destination states produces a defective distribution. Having established the primacy of the latter model, we refine it using a more flexible piecewise-constant baseline hazard function. This specification broadly confirms our earlier findings but offers a more convincing explanation for positive and zero transition rates out of unemployment. Although we do not reject the null of proportionality, abandoning the proportionality assumption does not materially alter our conclusions.
In: Diskussionspapiere No. 1
Mit Daten des Hannoveraner Firmenpanels überprüfen wir die Position der Mitbestimmungskommission, die Ausweisung der mitbestimmungsfreien Zone in Deutschland sei "nicht hinzunehmen". Es zeigt sich, dass die Auswirkungen von Betriebsräten auf verschiedene betriebliche Indikatoren keine uneingeschränkt positive Einschätzung dieser Form der indirekten Mitbestimmung nahelegen...
In: Hobart papers 138
In: Arbeitsberichte des Fachbereichs Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften 188
In: Discussion paper 98,41
In: Labour economics, human resources and social security
In this paper we investigate the process of job search, using a unique, large-scale data set for Portugal that allows us to assess the effect of job search methods on escape rates from unemployment and, in a new departure, the impact of job-finding methods used by the unemployed on earnings. In each case, the characteristics of workers receive careful attention. In addition, the effectiveness of the job search process is evaluated in terms of the periodicity of the resulting job match. Some emphasis is accorded the role of the public employment agency which, despite its frequency as a search vehicle, is found to have a low hit rate and to lead to low-paying jobs. Such jobs are also shorter lasting, only partly because they are more likely to be of a fixed-term nature. The policy backdrop is provided by the "employment chapter" of the Treaty of Amsterdam. Given our results, some concern naturally arises as to the capacity of the public employment agency to meet the targets set under European employment initiatives.
In: Discussion paper 98-46
In: Labour economics, human resources and social security
The paper constructs an asymmetric information model to investigate the efficiency and equity cases for government mandated benefits. A mandate can improve workers' insurance, and may also redistribute in favor of more "deserving" workers. The risk is that it may also reduce output. The more diverse are free market contracts - separating the various worker types - the more likely it is that such output effects will on balance serve to reduce welfare. It is shown that adverse effects can be mitigated by restricting mandates to "large" firms. An alternative to a mandate is direct government provision. We demonstrate that direct government provision may be superior to mandates by virtue of preserving separations.
In: Arbeitsberichte des Fachbereichs Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften 177
In: Arbeitsberichte des Fachbereichs Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, Universität Lüneburg 183
In: Current controversies 6