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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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. These studies have typically estimated the return to education in terms of changes in wages rather than employment …, effectively ignoring the fact that trade liberalization affects not only wages but also employment opportunities. In this paper we … trade liberalization on the return to education taking into account both changes in wages and employment. The results show …
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This paper shows that we can normalize job and worker characteristics so that, without frictions,
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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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How valuable is education for entrepreneurs’ performance as compared to employees’? What might explain any differences? And does education affect peoples’ occupational choices accordingly? We answer these questions based on a large panel of US labor force participants. We show that...
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wages reflect this, with lower pay for greater uncertainty. We use the dispersion of exam grades within a field of education … as an indicator of the unobserved heterogeneity that employers face. We find solid evidence that starting wages are lower …
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This paper employs survey data on the reasons to quit of Dutch job changers who entered or left a public sector job in 2001. We show that workers' reasons to quit their public sector job influence their decision to stay in or leave their industry of employment. A bad experience with, for...
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make it easier for them to switch employers than for the part-time educated auditors. The predictions on tenure and wages …
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In a corporatist country, of which the Netherlands is an example, wages should not be distinguished by union membership …
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For refuse collection, we estimate the cost effects of different institutional modes using panel data for almost all Dutch municipalities between 1998 and 2010. The modes we consider are private contracts, intermunicipal cooperation, public provision and own collection. For private companies,...
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