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Comparing the effectiveness of employment subsidies

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dc.creator Brown, Alessio J. G.
dc.creator Merkl, Christian
dc.creator Snower, Dennis J.
dc.date 2007
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T06:03:46Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T06:03:46Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier IZA discussion papers Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit, Bonn 2835
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/4115
dc.identifier ppn:555779564
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/4115
dc.description This paper analyses theoretically and empirically how employment subsidies should be targeted. We contrast measures involving targeting workers with low incomes/abilities and targeting the unemployed under the criteria of approximate welfare efficiency (AWE). Thereby we can identify policies that (a) improve employment and welfare, (b) do not raise earnings inequality and (c) are self-financing. We construct a microfounded, dynamic model of hiring and separations and calibrate it with German data. The calibration shows that hiring vouchers can be AWE, while low-wage subsidies do not satisfy AWE. Furthermore, hiring vouchers targeted at the long-term unemployed are more effective than those targeted at low-ability workers.
dc.language eng
dc.publisher Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit, Bonn
dc.relation IZA Discussion paper series 2835
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject J23
dc.subject J68
dc.subject J38
dc.subject J64
dc.subject J24
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject Low wage subsidy
dc.subject Hiring voucher
dc.subject Targeting
dc.subject Employment
dc.subject Unemployment
dc.subject Duration
dc.subject Self-financing
dc.subject Beschäftigungspolitik
dc.subject Lohnsubvention
dc.subject Einkommensverteilung
dc.subject Selbstfinanzierung
dc.subject Wohlfahrtseffekt
dc.subject Deutschland
dc.title Comparing the effectiveness of employment subsidies
dc.type doc-type:workingPaper


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