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Eckstein, Zvi; van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2003

This paper surveys the existing empirical research that uses search theory to empirically analyze labor supply questions in a structural framework, using data on individual labor market transitions and durations, wages, and individual characteristics. The starting points of the literature are...

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Multiple Equilibria and Minimum Wages in Labor Markets with Informational Frictions and Heterogeneous Production Technologies

van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2003

It is often argued that a mandatory minimum wage is binding only if the wage density displays a spike at it. In this paper we analyze a model with search frictions and heterogeneous production technologies, in which imposition of a minimum wage affects wages even though, after imposition, the...

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Stepping Stones for the Unemployed : The Effect of Temporary Jobs on the Duration until Regular Work

Zijl, Marloes; van den Berg, Gerard J.; Heyma, Arjan - 2004

Individual labour market transitions from unemployment into temporary work are often succeeded by a transition from … unemployment to temporary jobs and unobserved determinants of the transition rates. The data contain multiple spells in labour … unemployment and they substantially increase the fraction of unemployed workers who have regular work within a few years after …

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The Knowledge Lift : The Swedish Adult Education Program That Aimed to Eliminate Low Worker Skill Levels

Albrecht, James; van den Berg, Gerard J.; Vroman, Susan - 2005

The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift is unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of all low-skilled workers towards the medium level. This paper evaluates the effects of program participation on individual labor market outcomes, notably...

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From giving birth to paid labor: the effects of adult education for prime-aged mothers

Bergemann, Annette; van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2008

Women without work after childbirth are at risk of losing their connection to the labor market. However, they may participate in adult education programs. We analyze the effect of this on the duration to work and on the wage rate, by applying conditional difference-in-differences approaches. We...

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Persistencies in the labour market

Frijters, Paul; Lindeboom, Maarten; van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2009

flexible multi-state Mixed Proportional Hazard specifications for transition rates between employment, unemployment, and …' transition rates from unemployment to employment increase. Longer periods of non-employment generally decrease future transition …

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