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Disaggregate Matching Functions
Fahr, René; Sunde, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
This paper deals with empirical matching functions. The paper is innovative in several ways. First, unlike in most of the existing literature, matching functions are estimated not only on aggregate, but also on disaggregate levels which is unusual due to the scarcity of appropriate data....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762399
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The Wage Effects of Social Norms: Evidence of Deviations from Peers’ Body-Mass in Europe
Fahr, René - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We investigate wage effects of deviations from peer group body mass index (BMI) to evaluate the influence of social norms on wages. Our approach allows for disentangling the influence of the social norm from any (anticipated) productivity effects associated with deviations from a clinically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566753
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On the Inverse Relationship between Unemployment and Absenteeism: Evidence from Natural Experiments and Worker Heterogeneity
Fahr, René; Frick, Bernd - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
the unemployment benefit entitlement system with monthly absence data for East and West Germany for the years 1991 …Although an inverse relationship between sickness absence and unemployment has been documented in a number of studies … whether this empirical regularity is due to changes in the individual costs of absence when unemployment increases (incentive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822350
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Employment Status, Endogenous Regional Mobility, and Spatial Dependencies in Labor Markets
Sunde, Uwe; Fahr, René - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
the interactions of regional labor markets in West Germany is highlighted in several dimensions. We test for spatial … autocorrelation in regional hires, unemployment and vacancy levels, we examine the patterns of new matches in regions, identify … variation in unemployment rates, combined with little inter-regional migration. We find evidence in favor of labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763605
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Strategic Hiring Behavior in Empirical Matching Functions
Fahr, René; Sunde, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
accurate data set for Germany. Their results are confirmed and found to be surprisingly robust. Second, the matching framework …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566407