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Combining Micro and Macro Unemployment Duration Data

den Berg, Gerard J. van; van der Klaauw, Bas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

We combine micro and macro unemployment duration data to study the effects of the business cycle on the outflow from … unemployment. We allow the cycle to affect individual exit probabilities of unemployed workers as well as the composition of the … total inflow into unemployment. We estimate the model using (micro) survey data and (macro) administrative data from France …

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To Meet or Not to Meet (Your Case Worker) – That is the Question

den Berg, Gerard J. van; Kjaersgaard, Lene; Rosholm, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

unemployment to employment using detailed Danish event history data obtained from administrative registers. We find large positive …

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Empirical Labor Search: A Survey

Eckstein, Zvi; den Berg, Gerard J. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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

den Berg, Gerard J. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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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The Knowledge Lift: The Swedish Adult Education Program That Aimed to Eliminate Low Worker Skill Levels

Albrecht, James; den Berg, Gerard J. van; Vroman, Susan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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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Stepping Stones for the Unemployed: The Effect of Temporary Jobs on the Duration until Regular Work

Zijl, Marloes; den Berg, Gerard J. van; Heyma, Arjan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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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