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Empirical Labor Search: A Survey
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273738
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Empirical Labor Search : A Survey
Eckstein, Zvi; van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2021
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319635
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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 - 2021
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318690
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Counseling and Monitoring of Unemployed Workers : Theory and Evidence from a Controlled Social Experiment
van den Berg, Gerard J.; van der Klaauw, Bas - 2021
We investigate the effect of counseling and monitoring on the individual transition rate to employment. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320823
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Counseling and Monitoring of Unemployed Workers : Theory and Evidence from a Controlled Social Experiment
van den Berg, Gerard J.; van der Klaauw, Bas - 2002
We investigate the effect of counseling and monitoring on the individual transition rate to employment. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014113637
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The Effect of Active Labor Market Programs on Not-Yet Treated Unemployed Individuals
van den Berg, Gerard J.; Bergemann, Annette; Caliendo, Marco - 2021
Labor market programs may affect unemployed individuals' behavior before they enroll. Such ex ante effects are hard to identify without model assumptions. We develop a novel method that relates self-reported perceived treatment rates and job-search behavioral outcomes, like the reservation wage,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324790
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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 … temporary into regular work. We investigate whether temporary work increases the transition rate to regular work. In that case …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261994
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262217
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The role of sickness in the evaluation of job search assistance and sanctions
van den Berg, Gerard J.; Hofmann, Barbara; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2016
Unemployment insurance agencies may combat moral hazard by punishing refusals to apply to assigned vacancies. However … sanctions on the unemployment duration and the quality of job matches, in conjunction with the possibility to report sick. We … the transition rate into work and that such accepted jobs go along with lower wages. We also find a positive effect of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011531724
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The Role of Sickness in the Evaluation of Job Search Assistance and Sanctions
van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2016
Unemployment insurance agencies may combat moral hazard by punishing refusals to apply to assigned vacancies. However … sanctions on the unemployment duration and the quality of job matches, in conjunction with the possibility to report sick. We … the transition rate into work and that such accepted jobs go along with lower wages. We also find a positive effect of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013000204