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Regional Dependencies in Job Creation: An Efficiency Analysis for Western Germany

Fahr, René; Sunde, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

This paper investigates the efficiency of the matching process between job seekers and vacancy posting firms in West-Germany, using variation across labor market regions and across time. The results of a stochastic frontier analysis shed new light on extent and regional differences of search...

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The Matching Efficiency of Regional Labour Markets A Stochastic Production Frontier Estimation, France 1990-1995

Ibourk, Aomar; Maillard, Bénédicte; Perelman, Sergio; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

We evaluate the determinants of matching efficiency changes through a stochastic Cobb-Douglas production frontier model extended to allow the efficiency coefficient to depend on variables meant to capture workers and firms characteristics. We apply this methodology to examine regional...

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International Trade and its Effects on Economic Growth in China

Sun, Peng; Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

International trade, as a major factor of openness, has made an increasingly significant contribution to economic growth. Chinese international trade has experienced rapid expansion together with its dramatic economic growth which has made the country to target the world as its market. This...

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Estimations of Occupational and Regional Matching Efficiencies Using Stochastic Production Frontier Models

Fahr, René; Sunde, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

By applying a stochastic production frontier approach to the matching process of unemployed and vacancies, this paper provides novel detailed insights into the process of job creation. For different labor markets as defined by occupation and region, the methodology produces estimates of the...

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Learning Efficiency of Economics Students

Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Bauer, Thomas K. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1998

In this paper six authors propose guidelines for German labor market policy, to overcome current discouragement and lead to a new balance of social security and individual competitiveness. Crucial aspects in this regard should be a reformed tax system based on excise instead of income taxes, and...

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Policy Discontinuity and Duration Outcomes

den Berg, Gerard J. van; Bozio, Antoine; Costa Dias, Monica - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

identification of average treatment effects on hazard rates without model structure. We estimate these effects by kernel hazard …

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A Simple Identification Strategy for Gary Becker's Time Allocation Model

Cherchye, Laurens; De Rock, Bram; Vermeulen, Frederic - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

using market wages. This approach implies a fundamental identification problem. We demonstrate that the identification …

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Sharing Rule Identification for General Collective Consumption Models

Cherchye, Laurens; De Rock, Bram; Lewbel, Arthur; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

We propose a method to identify bounds (i.e. set identification) on the sharing rule for a general collective household …

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The Perception of Foreigners and Jews in Germany - A Structural Analysis of a Large Opinion Survey

Fertig, Michael; Schmidt, Christoph M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

estimate this model it is necessary to impose strong identification restrictions. Estimation results show that education is the …

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Identification of Peer Effects through Social Networks

Bramoullé, Yann; Djebbari, Habiba; Fortin, Bernard - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

We provide new results regarding the identification of peer effects. We consider an extended version of the linear … cases, we provide easy-to-check necessary and sufficient conditions for identification. We show that endogenous and … exogenous effects are generally identified under network interaction, although identification may fail for some particular …

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