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Disparities in labour market and income trends during the first year of the COVID-19 crisis : evidence from Germany
Braband, Carsten; Consiglio, Valentina Sara; Grabka, … - 2022
This paper studies inequalities in labour market outcomes, incomes and economic concerns across workers in Germany during the first year of the COVID-19 crisis using SOEP-CoV data. It shows that, overall, the self-employed and disadvantaged groups of workers were more severely affected by the...
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Covid-19 is not affecting all working people equally
Schröder, Carsten; Entringer, Theresa Margareta; … - 2020
The corona pandemic and the political measures undertaken to contain it are changing the working conditions of many …-Economic Panel (SOEP), this study analyzes the effects of the corona crisis on Germany's working population in 2019. In this paper … extent to which working people have been affected by the corona crisis differs across the three dimensions. It is primarily …
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Disparities in Labour Market and Income Trends During the First Year of the Covid-19 Crisis - Evidence from Germany
Braband, Carsten; Consiglio, Valentina; Grabka, Markus; … - 2022
This paper studies inequalities in labour market outcomes, incomes and economic concerns across workers in Germany during the first year of the COVID-19 crisis using SOEP-CoV data. It shows that, overall, the self-employed and disadvantaged groups of workers were more severely affected by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014030197
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Effects of Argentina's Social Security Reform on Labor Markets and Poverty
Alzua, Maria Laura - 2018
In 1994, Argentina introduced Pension Reform and Unemployment Benefits as a major reform component to its social security system. This papers analyzes the effects of introducing new individual accounts in the pension system - which was under effect between 1994 and 2008 - over wages, employment...
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COVID-19 labour market shocks and their inequality implications for financial wellbeing
Botha, Ferdi; Haisken-DeNew, John P.; New, Sonja C. de; … - 2020
Using an online survey of Australian residents, we elicit the potential impacts of COVID-19 related labour market shocks on a validated measure of financial wellbeing. Experiencing a reduction in hours and earnings, entering into unemployment or having to file for unemployment benefits during...
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Does occupational licensing impact incomes? : the German crafts case
Leyen, Kaja von der - 2018 - Updated version
The empirical literature on occupational licensing finds standard monopoly effects of entry regulations: Less competition and economic rents for professionals. I exploit the natural experimental design of a change in the German crafts regulation in 2004, which removed the traditional licensing...
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Does occupational licensing impact incomes? : a replication study for the German crafts case
Leyen, Kaja von der - In: Journal for labour market research 54 (2020) 1/8, pp. 1-17
Large variation in the estimated income premium of occupational licensing can be found in the existing literature. I revisit the natural experimental design of a change in the German crafts regulation in 2004, which removed the traditional licensing requirement for self-employment in certain...
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Expropriation with hukou change : evidence from a quasi-natural experiment
Akgüç, Mehtap; Liu, Xingfei; Tani, Massimiliano - 2014
We study the labor market outcomes of males aged 18-60 obtaining an urban hukou as a result of land expropriation across a number of provinces in China. Using 2008 and 2009 RUMiC data pooling urban, rural and migrant samples, we find that those obtaining an urban hukou have better labour market...
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Poverty in the USA : The Role of Job Market Polarization and Job Quality
Siddique, Abu Bakkar - 2021
The article argues that the puzzles of stagnating poverty rates amidst high growth and declining unemployment in the US can be explained by bad quality jobs and polarization of the jobs market (JMP). JMP accounts for the distribution of jobs across households, where high JMP implies there are...
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Job market polarization and American poverty
Siddique, Abu Bakkar - In: Journal for labour market research 57 (2023) 1, pp. 1-24
The article posits that the puzzles of stagnating poverty rates amidst high growth and declining unemployment in the United States can be substantially explained by polarized job markets characterized by job quality and job distribution. In recent decades, there has been an increased number of...
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