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Job Search and Job Finding in a Period of Mass Unemployment: Evidence from High-Frequency Longitudinal Data
Krueger, Alan B.; Mueller, Andreas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper presents findings from a survey of 6,025 unemployed workers who were interviewed every week for up to 24 weeks in the fall of 2009 and spring of 2010. Our main findings are: (1) the amount of time devoted to job search declines sharply over the spell of unemployment; (2) the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008804582
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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
wage affects wages even though, after imposition, the lowest wage in the market exceeds the minimum wage. The model has …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703158
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Active Labor Market Policy Effects for Women in Europe: A Survey
Bergemann, Annette; Berg, Gerard J. van den - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We survey the recent literature on the effects of active labor market policies on individual labor market outcomes like employment and income, for adult female individuals without work in European countries. We consider skill-training programs, monitoring and sanctions, job search assistance,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703577
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The Aggregate Labor Market Effects of the Swedish Knowledge Lift Program
Albrecht, James; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Vroman, Susan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift (1997-2002) was unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of large numbers of lowskill workers. This paper evaluates the potential effects of this program on aggregate labor market outcomes. This is done...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822408
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Measuring Labor Market Frictions: A Cross-Country Comparison
Ridder, Geert; den Berg, Gerard J. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
applied to aggregate duration data. It does not require wage data, it is invariant to the way in which wages are determined …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822504
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A Note on Risk Aversion and Labour Market Outcomes: Further Evidence from German Survey Data
Pfeifer, Christian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
, employer change, quits, training, wages, and job satisfaction). …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762412
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Empirical Labor Search: A Survey
Eckstein, Zvi; den Berg, Gerard J. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
questions in a structural framework, using data on individual labor market transitions and durations, wages, and individual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762359
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Local Human Capital Externalities and Wages at the Firm Level: The Case of Italian Manufacturing
Bratti, Massimiliano; Leombruni, Roberto - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We use a unique firm-level data set merging administrative information on average wages paid by firms by skill level … show that in Italy, like in the US, firms located in geographical areas with a higher stock of human capital pay higher … wages. This evidence is robust to many variants of the econometric specification and to addressing potential endogeneity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008514858
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Home-Ownership, Unemployed's Job Search Behavior and Post-Unemployment Outcomes
Caliendo, Marco; Gielen, Anne C.; Mahlstedt, Robert - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
found better re-employment jobs, in terms of wages and job satisfaction, than their renting counterparts. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265300
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What Determines the Reservation Wages of Unemployed Workers? New Evidence from German Micro Data
Prasad, Eswar S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
This paper provides new empirical evidence on the relationship between reservation wages of unemployed workers and …-Economic Panel) provides an interesting perspective on how reservation wages change over time and how they correlate with accepted …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703730