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Structural Estimation of Search Intensity: Do Non-Employed Workers Search Enough?
Gautier, Pieter A.; Moraga-González, José Luis; … - Tinbergen Institute - 2007
We present a structural framework for the evaluation of public policies intended to increase job search intensity. Most of the literature defines search intensity as a scalar that influences the arrival rate of job offers; here we treat it as the number of job applications that workers send out....
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Compensation of On-call and Fixed-term Employment: the Role of Uncertainty
Graaf-Zijl, Marloes de - Tinbergen Institute - 2005
In this paper I analyse the use and compensation of fixed-term and on-call employment contracts in the Netherlands. I use an analytical framework in which wage differentials result from two types of uncertainty. Quantity uncertainty originates from imperfect foresight in future product demand. I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136865
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On the Identification of the Costs of Simultaneous Search
Moraga-Gonzalez, Jose L.; Sandor, Zsolt; Wildenbeest, … - Tinbergen Institute - 2010
This paper studies the identification of the costs of simultaneous search in a class of (portfolio) problems studied by Chade and Smith (2006). We show that aggregate data from a single market, or disaggregate data from a single market segment, do not provide sufficient information to identify...
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Entrepreneurship, Wage Employment and Control in an Occupational Choice Framework
Douhan, Robin; Praag, Mirjam van - Tinbergen Institute - 2009
We combine two empirical observations in a general equilibrium occupational choice model. The first is that entrepreneurs have more control than employees over the employment of and accruals from assets, such as human capital. The second observation is that entrepreneurs enjoy higher returns to...
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The Desire for Impact
Dur, Robert; Glazer, Amihai - Tinbergen Institute - 2004
unemployment. …
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Regional Wage Differences in the Netherlands: Micro-Evidence on Agglomeration Externalities
Groot, Stefan P.T. de; Groot, Henri L.F. de; Smit, Martijn - Tinbergen Institute - 2011
Based on micro-data on individual workers for the period 2000-2005, we show that wage differentials in the Netherlands are small but present. A large part of these differentials can be attributed to individual characteristics of workers. Remaining effects are partially explained by variations in...
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Business Ownership and Unemployment in Japan
Acht, Joost van; Stam, Joop; Thurik, Roy; Verheul, Ingrid - Tinbergen Institute - 2004
unemployment in Japan. The question is to what extent business ownership, i.e., entrepreneurship, can reduce the level of … unemployment. It will be concluded that Japan is hardly an outlier when using a simple model of the relationship between … unemployment and the rate of business ownership. The model is calibrated using recent data of 23 OECD countries. It shows a minor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137269
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I can't get no Satisfaction - Necessity Entrepreneurship and Procedural Utility
Block, Joern; Koellinger, Philipp - Tinbergen Institute - 2008
individuals starting a business after a period of long-term unemployment and those individuals with a lack of better employment …
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