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Spain. We first present a theoretical job search model for partially disabled individuals andthen estimate a complementary … log-log duration model. According to both models, theprobability of finding a job falls with the level of disability, the … age at which the individualstarts receiving disability benefits, and the increase in the local unemployment rate …
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In this paper we use Portuguese data on individual (multiple) unemployment spells and applysemi-parametric duration … persons with muscular, skeletal, geriatricand sensorial problems experience the longest unemployment spells. Organic (blind …
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A duration model based on the time on Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits instead of amodel based on the time till re …) Proportional Hazard model toaccount for an upper bound on the duration... …
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There are large spatial disparities in unemployment durations across the 1,300 municipalitiesin the Ile … municipality on an exhaustive datasetof all unemployment spells starting in the first semester of 1996... …
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The emergence of a transitional labor market offers new opportunities to workers, but at thesame time bears the risk of (new) inequalities. This paper deals with unequal chances on thetransitional labor market in the Netherlands, in particular for workers from the four largestimmigrant groups:...
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Based on a sequence of reforms in the Norwegian unemployment insurance (UI) system, weshow that activity-oriented UI … regimes – i.e., regimes with a high likelihood of requiredparticipation in active labor market programs, duration limitations …
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This paper investigates the effect of sanctions of unemployment insurance benefits on theexit rate from unemployment …
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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...
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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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´s institutional response to the increase in unemployment and poverty triggered by the crisis. The program provided a social safety net …
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