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van Ours, Jan; Gautier, P.A.; van den Berg, G.; Ridder, G. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1999

This paper analyzes the determinants of lay-offs, job-to-job movements and total separations with a unique data set that combines information on individual firms and their workers. We are in particular interested in whether the lay-off policy of firms can explain the relatively high level of...

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The Myth of Worksharing

Kapteyn, A.; Kalwij, A.S.; Zaidi, M.A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2000

Worksharing is considered by many as a promising public policy to reduce unemployment. In this paper we present a review of the most pertinent theoretical and empirical contributions to the literature on worksharing. In addition, we also provide new empirical evidence on this issue, by a cross...

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The Miracle Drug : Hormone Replacement Therapy and Labor Market Behavior of Middle-Aged Women

Meltem Daysal, N.; Orsini, C. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2012

Abstract: In an aging society, determining which factors contribute to the employment of older individuals is increasingly important. This paper sheds light on the impact of medical innovation in the form of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) on employment of middle-aged women. HRT are drugs...

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Spatial competition with intermediated matching

van Raalte, C.L.J.P.; Webers, H.M. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1995

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Scale Returns of a Random Matching Model

Kultti, K.K. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1997

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Labor Tax Reform and Equilibrium Unemployment : A Search and Matching Approach

Heijdra, B.J.; Ligthart, J.E. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2004

The paper studies simple strategies of labor tax reform in a search and matching model of the labor market featuring …

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Random Matching Models and Money : The Global Structure and Approximation of Stationary Equilibria

Talman, Dolf; Kamiya, K. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2003

Random matching models with different states are an important class of dynamic games; for example, money search models …

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Job Searchers, Job Matches and the Elasticity of Matching

van Ours, Jan; Broersma, L. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 1998

This paper stresses the importance of a specification of the matching function in which the measure of job matches … corresponds to the measure of job searchers. In many empirical studies on the matching function this requirement has not been … market. In this paper, we specify and estimate matching functions where the flow corresponds to the correct stock. We use …

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Chaotic Planning Solutions in the Textbook Model of Labor Market Search and Matching

Bhattacharya, J.; Bunzel, H. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2003

search and matching in labor markets. More specifically, it takes a discretetime adaptation of the continuous-time matching … for topological chaos.The implication is that even in a simple economy characterized by search and matching frictions, an …

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Inter-Industry Wage Differentials and Job Flows

Krause, M.U. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2002

The paper explores the relationship between job flows and wages in the U.S. manufacturing sector, where wage differentials for seemingly identical workers and job reallocation rates are shown to be negatively correlated across 3-digit industries.High wage industries have the lowest turnover of...

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