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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279276
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Monitoring Job Offer Decisions, Punishments, Exit to Work, and Job Quality
den Berg, Gerard J. van; Vikström, Johan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Unemployment insurance systems include monitoring of unemployed workers and punitive sanctions if job search …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005078566
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From Giving Birth to Paid Labor: The Effects of Adult Education for Prime-Aged Mothers
Bergemann, Annette; den Berg, Gerard J. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Women without work after childbirth are at risk of losing their connection to the labor market. However, they may participate in adult education programs. We analyze the effect of this on the duration to work and on the wage rate, by applying conditional difference-in-differences approaches. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762130
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762359
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703158
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703812
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Persistencies in the Labour Market
Frijters, Paul; Lindeboom, Maarten; den Berg, Gerard J. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
flexible multi-state Mixed Proportional Hazard specifications for transition rates between employment, unemployment, and …' transition rates from unemployment to employment increase. Longer periods of non-employment generally decrease future transition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005070417
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566338