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Regional structural change and the effects of job loss
Arntz, Melanie; Ivanov, Boris; Pohlan, Laura - 2022
persistent employment and wage losses in regions where such occupations decline the most. Regional and occupational mobility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013266324
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Performance feedback and job search behavior : empirical evidence from linked employer-employee data
Pohlan, Laura; Steffes, Susanne - 2022
In this paper, we study whether performance feedback can serve as an instrument for firms to increase employee retention. Feedback on the relative performance may affect individual job search behavior differently depending on workers' relative rank among their peers. In line with these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013411291
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Consumption and savings with unemployment risk : implications for optimal employment contracts
Pissaridēs, Christophoros A. (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001723522
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"Welfare magnetism" in the EU-15? : why the EU enlargement did not start a race to the bottom of welfare states
Skupnik, Christoph - 2013
According to the "welfare magnet" hypothesis, migrants with a high likelihood of claiming benefits cluster in the most generous welfare systems. After the introduction of the freedom of movement for Eastern European workers, EU-15 countries can thus be expected to reduce public benefits in order...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009764577
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Malaria and Chinese economic activities in Africa
Cervellati, Matteo; Esposito, Elena; Sunde, Uwe; Yuan, Song - 2021
We present novel evidence for the influence of malaria exposure on the geographic loca- tion of Chinese economic activities in Africa. The hypothesis is based on the observation that many Chinese aid projects and infrastructure contractors rely on Chinese personnel. High malaria exposure might...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013189693
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Current unemployment variance decomposition and consequences of using proxies
Corseuil, Carlos Henrique; Foguel, Miguel Nathan; … - 2021
We offer a decomposition for the variance of the current unemployment rate that not only measures the contributions of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012624854
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Do job creation schemes improve the social integration and well-being of the long-term unemployed?
Ivanov, Boris; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Pohlan, Laura - 2019
In this paper we analyze the effects of a German job creation scheme (JCS) on the social integration and well-being of long-term unemployed individuals. Using linked survey and administrative data for participants and a group of matched non-participants, we find significant positive effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012118755
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Biased by success and failure : how unemployment shapes stated locus of control
Preuß, Malte; Hennecke, Juliane - 2017
changes is, nonetheless, strongly debated. We contribute to this discussion by analyzing the effect of unemployment on LOC … unemployment. Overall, we find a significant shift in stated LOC due to unemployment. Because the effect is observable during … unemployment only and not heterogeneous with respect to individual characteristics or unemployment duration, we conclude that only …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011760721
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German and the rest of euro area fiscal policy during the crisis
Gadatsch, Niklas; Hauzenberger, Klemens; Stähler, Nikolai - 2015
world. Compared to existing models of this type, GEAR incorporates a comprehensive fiscal block, involuntary unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010516561
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Job protection renders minimum wages less harmful
Schöb, Ronnie; Thum, Marcel - 2011
presence of job protection will lead to lower unemployment levels than predicted by the standard labour market model with … heterogeneous labour and full information. -- Minimum wages ; unemployment ; hidden information ; labour market regulation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009302708