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receive higher wages than employed singles. The model is applied to a welfare analysis of alternative unemployment insurance …
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This paper investigates the age-dependency of participation and unemployment by integrating job search with … that the age pattern of search unemployment does not match observed unemployment and we propose a new concept of 'voluntary …' unemployment that agrees well with observations. …
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previous jobs, and thus much more than they get in unemployment benefits. However, our results also show that some groups, such … demands may contribute to high unemployment. …
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unemployment, household care and disability to employment. Then we decompose the differences in expected duration between the …
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geographical mobility of workers, but does not in general confirm that homeowners have longer unemployment spells or higher … particular, it predicts lower geographical mobility of homeowners as well as higher exit rates from unemployment by acceptance of … causal relationship from homeownership to unemployment. The literature confirms a decreasing effect of homeownership on …
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We present a structural framework for the evaluation of public policies intended to increase job search intensity. Most of the literature defines search intensity as a scalar that influences the arrival rate of job offers; here we treat it as the number of job applications that workers send out....
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otherwise identical workers result in wage inequality and differences in unemployment rates. The paper is related to theoretical … wage on average and face a lower unemployment rate. Numerical computations for the specific case in which connections …
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. This trade-off differs between regions, because search is more efficient in larger regions. Then, interregional mobility …
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theoretical model we interpret this as evidence of union bargaining power. Unemployment benefits have substantial effects on wages …
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We study the labor market impact of opening borders to low-wage countries. The analysis exploits time and regional variation provided by the 2004 EU enlargement in combination with transport links to Sweden from the new member states. The results suggest an adverse impact on earnings of present...
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