JEL classification

La chute du nombre d’heures travaillées en 2020 touche surtout les femmes et les hommes moins formés et indépendant(e)s
De terugval van het aantal gewerkte uren in 2020 trof vooral lager geschoolde en zelfstandig werkende vrouwen en mannen [18/08/2022]

Analysis of the effect of the "first recruitments" measure on the survival of young businesses employing salaried staff [05/03/2021]

The "first recruitments"measure aims to promote employment while supporting small businesses and start-ups. The analysis shows that the measure has a positive but modest impact on the probability of survival of young businesses. Furthermore, the reinforcement in 2016 does not appear to have generated any additional benefit. On the one hand, these results imply that the strengthening of the measure does not address a genuine need on the part of the recipients. On the other hand, the reinforcement may have encouraged more employers to undertake a risky business activity.

Comprendre le non-recours aux mesures de réductions de cotisations patronales : une approche méthodologique mixte
De non-take-up van werkgeversbijdrage-verminderingen begrijpen: een gemengde methodologische benadering [22/06/2018]

This study seeks to identify the reasons for non-take-up by employers. It uses a mixed methods research: we have first explored the issue through in-depth interviews with key stakeholders, then carried out a quantitative survey among employers and finally sought to enhance the survey results through interviews and focus groups. The interpretation of this phased approach has provided elements for making recommendations to reduce non-take-up.

Non-take-up of employers' social security contributions cuts: the case of the "first recruitments" measure [30/04/2018]

The ‘first recruitments’ measure aims at supporting job creation in new and small firms through a reduction in employers' social security contributions. However, part of the eligible employers does not claim this reduction. Using administrative data from the National Social Security Office, we seek to quantify this phenomenon, which may bias the intended effect of the measure, and to identify profiles of non-take-up.

Estimating private health expenditures within a dynamic consumption allocation model [18/02/2008]

This paper presents a model of Belgian household consumption, with a focus on private health expenditures. To do so, we have formulated and estimated an extension of the classic Almost Ideal Demand System. The original model has been modified by introducing a dynamic adjustment mechanism and by the inclusion of demographic variables. These were expected to capture shifts in consumption patterns related to the changing age composition of the population. The results confirm the expected effects: the ageing of the population is likely to increase the share of private health expenditures (and consumer durables) in the household budget over the coming decades.

Werkloosheidsuitkeringen en de effectiviteit op lange termijn van verminderingen in de personenbelastingen, werknemers- en werkgeversbijdragen in LABMOD [28/09/2007]

Wage and age related employers’ SSC cuts and wage subsidies in the 2007 vintage of HERMES [27/09/2007]

The distinction between the young and the elderly within low and high wage earning employment in HERMES, the FPB's medium-term macroeconomic model, enables the assessment of both age and wage related labour cost reducing policies. The age structure of salaried employment in each branch of activity is embedded in a three-stage mechanism. First, aggregate demand and the relative cost of labour to capital determine salaried employment. Next, relative wages allocate employment among three major labour categories: low-paid jobs, high-paid jobs and special-employment programmes. Finally, within each labour category relative wages allocate employment between the young (aged less than fifty) and the elderly (aged fifty or more).

Kwalitatieve werkgelegenheidsdata voor België, een SAM-aanpak voor de periode 1999-2005 [28/02/2007]