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Why Does Unemployment Hurt the Employed? Evidence from the Life Satisfaction Gap between the Public and the Private Sector
Luechinger, Simon; Meier, Stephan; Stutzer, Alois - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
High rates of unemployment entail substantial costs to the working population in terms of reduced subjective well …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860475
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Equilibrium Unemployment with OutsourcingUnder Labour Market Imperfections
Koskela, Erkki; Stenbacka, Rune - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
We study both the various consequences and the incentives of outsourcing. We argue thatthe wage elasticity of labour demand is increasing as a function of the share of outsourcing,which is importantly a result consistent with existing empirical research...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005863250
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Dismissals for Cause:The Difference That Just Eight Paragraphs Can Make
Martins, Pedro S. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This paper provides evidence about the effects of dismissals-for-cause requirements, aspecific component of employment protection legislation that has received little attentiondespite its potential relevance. We study a quasi-natural experiment generated by a lawintroduced in Portugal in 1989:...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861536
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Structural Estimation of Search Intensity:Do Non-Employed Workers Search Enough?
Gautier, Pieter; Moraga-González, José Luis; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
We present a structural framework for the evaluation of public policies intended to increasejob search intensity. Most of the literature defines search intensity as a scalar that influencesthe arrival rate of job offers; here we treat it as the number of job applications that workerssend out....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861860
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Unemployment Assistance and Transition to Employment in Argentina
Iturriza, Ana; Bedi, Arjun S.; Sparrow, Robert - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
´s institutional response to the increase in unemployment and poverty triggered by the crisis. The program provided a social safety net …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005859542
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Unhappiness and Job Finding
Gielen, Anne C.; Ours, Jan C. van - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2012
It is puzzling that people feel quite unhappy when they become unemployed, while at thesame time active labor market policies are needed to bring unemployed back to work morequickly. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we investigate whether there isindeed such a puzzle. First, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009486963
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Why Are So Many Disabled Individuals Not Workingin Spain? A Job Search Approach
Silva, José I.; Vall-Castello, Judit - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2012
age at which the individualstarts receiving disability benefits, and the increase in the local unemployment rate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009486964
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Do Employers Use Unemployment as aSorting Criterion When Hiring?Evidence from a Field Experiment
Eriksson, Stefan; Rooth, Dan-Olof - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011
contemporary unemployment affect a young worker’s probability ofbeing invited to a job interview. In contrast to studies using … forunobserved heterogeneity. We find no evidence that recruiting employers use informationabout past unemployment to sort workers … pastunemployment as a sorting criterion suggests that the scarring effects of unemployment maynot be as severe as has been indicated by …
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Admission Conditions and Graduates' Employability
Alexandre, Fernando; Portela, Miguel; Sá, Carla - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
We evaluate the information content of admission conditions for study programs quality by investigating its relationship with graduates employability. We find that study programs with larger numeri clausi are associated with a higher probability of finding a job. Additionally, compulsory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005859627
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Does Immigration Affect the Phillips Curve?Some Evidence for Spain
Bentolila, Samuel; Dolado, Juan José; Jimeno, Juan F. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
The Phillips curve has flattened in Spain over 1995-2006: unemployment has fallen by 15percentage points, with roughly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860587