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Age effects in Swedish local labour markets
Nordström Skans, Oskar - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2002
The paper studies the effects of changes in the age structure on aggregate labour market performance using a panel of Swedish local labour markets. The methodology of Shimer (2001) is used for studying the effects of youth cohort size and is extended to include the full age distribution. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005190979
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The effect of search frictions on wages
den Berg, Gerard J. van; van Vuuren, Aico - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2003
Labour market theories allowing for search frictions make marked predictions on the effect of the degree of frictions on wages. Often, the effect is predicted to be negative. Despite the popularity of these theories, this has never been tested. We perform tests with matched worker-firm data. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005771221
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Empircial labor search models: A survey
Eckstein, Zwi; den Berg, Gerard J van - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 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/10005197983
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Monetary policy and Swedish unemployment fluctuations
Alexius, Annika; Holmlund, Bertil - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2008
such as unemployment. Previous studies indicate that monetary policy affects the output gap only at business cycle … frequencies, but the effects on unemployment may well be more persistent in countries with highly regulated labor markets. We … study the Swedish experience of unemployment and monetary policy. Using a structural VAR we find that around 30 percent of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651856
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Institutions and labor market outcomes in the Netherlands
Gautier, Pieter A.; van der Klaauw, Bas - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2009
force participation is high and the unemployment rate is low (also for young workers). Among the unemployed there are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008502567
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Monitoring job offer decisions, punishments, exit to work, and job quality
den Berg, Gerard J. van; Vikström, Johan - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2009
Unemployment insurance systems include monitoring of unemployed workers and punitive sanctions if job search …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005082496
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Municipal activation policy: A case study of the practical work with unemployed social assistance recipients
Hjertner Thorén, Katarina - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2005
In the 1990s, many municipalities developed local activation programs for social assistance recipients as a response to increasing social assistance expenditures. This study investigates the practical implementation of municipal activation policies in two different activation programs,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005423978
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Decentralisation of active labour market policy: The case of Swedish local employment service committees
Lundin, Martin; Skedinger, Per - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2000
Decentralisation of decision-making in active labour market policy makes it possible to use local information to the fullest, but may also impinge on the fulfilment of national objectives, as suggested by principal-agent theory. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of a Swedish...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005190988
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Job flows in Swedish manufacturing 1972-1996
Andersson, Fredrik - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 1999
This paper deals with the heterogeneous employment outcome at the plant level in Swedish manufacturing over the period 1972-96. <p> Non-negligible gross flows of jobs is found to be a pronounced feature in Swedish manufacturing, but as compared to results on U.S. data, the average pace of job...</p>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651815
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The dynamics of combining self-employment and employment
Delmar, Frédéric; Folta, Timothy; Wennberg, Karl - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2008
This study examines the extent to which wage-earning workers are simultaneously self-employed, a phenomenon not thoroughly investigated in earlier studies. We use matched employee-employer databases to present a detailed investigation of self-employment patterns within the post industrial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651827