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Bounds of Unfair Inequality of Opportunity: Theory and Evidence for Germany and the US
Niehues, Judith; Peichl, Andreas - CESifo - 2012
differences in social mobility and persistence. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010548565
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Scars of Recessions in a Rigid Labor Market
Cockx, Bart - 2015
We study the impact of graduating in a recession in Flanders (Belgium), i.e. in a rigid labor market. In the presence of a high minimum wage, a typical recession hardly influences the hourly wage of low educated men, but reduces working time and earnings by about 4.5% up to twelve years after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013025973
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Scars of Recessions in a Rigid Labor Market
Cockx, Bart; Ghirelli, Corinna - CESifo - 2015
We study the impact of graduating in a recession in Flanders (Belgium), i.e. in a rigid labor market. In the presence of a high minimum wage, a typical recession hardly influences the hourly wage of low educated men, but reduces working time and earnings by about 4.5% up to twelve years after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011200048
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Bounds of Unfair Inequality of Opportunity : Theory and Evidence for Germany and the US
Niehues, Judith - 2012
differences in social mobility and persistence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106535
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Are Short-Lived Jobs Stepping Stones to Long-Lasting Jobs?
Cockx, Bart - 2009
This paper assesses whether short-lived jobs (lasting one quarter or less and involuntarily ending in unemployment) are stepping stones to long-lasting jobs (enduring one year or more) for Belgian long-term unemployed school-leavers. We proceed in two steps. First, we estimate labour market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012764525
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Scarring Effects of Remaining Unemployed for Long-Term Unemployed School-Leavers
Cockx, Bart; Picchio, Matteo - 2021
aside of transitions from unemployment and employment within a multivariate duration model that controls for selection on … observables and unobservables. We find that prolonging unemployment drastically decreases the chances of finding employment, but … hardly affects the quality of subsequent employment. The analysis suggests that negative duration dependence in the job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315975
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Scarring Effects of Remaining Unemployed for Long-Term Unemployed School-Leavers
Cockx, Bart; Picchio, Matteo - CESifo - 2011
aside of transitions from unemployment and employment within a multivariate duration model that controls for selection on … observables and unobservables. We find that prolonging unemployment drastically decreases the chances of finding employment, but … hardly affects the quality of subsequent employment. The analysis suggests that negative duration dependence in the job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009293491
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Are Short-Lived Jobs Stepping Stones to Long-Lasting Jobs?
Cockx, Bart; Picchio, Matteo - CESifo - 2009
This paper assesses whether short-lived jobs (lasting one quarter or less and involuntarily ending in unemployment) are stepping stones to long-lasting jobs (enduring one year or more) for Belgian long-term unemployed school-leavers. We proceed in two steps. First, we estimate labour market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005051584
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Does Size Matter? The Impact of Changes in Household Structure on Income Distribution in Germany
Peichl, Andreas - 2010
inequality was indeed more due to changes of household structure and employment behavior rather than changes in wages. Moreover … household structure is widely neglected. Societal trends like a decline in birth rate and an increase in the risk of divorce … paper is to quantify the proportion of changing household structures in the increase in inequality. We find that the rise in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136651
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Exporting and Labor Demand : Micro-Level Evidence from Germany
Lichter, Andreas - 2014
It is widely believed that globalization affects the extent of employment and wage responses to economic shocks. To …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013056834