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Regional structural change and the effects of job loss
Arntz, Melanie; Ivanov, Boris; Pohlan, Laura - 2022
Routine-intensive occupations have been declining in many countries, but how does this affect individual workers’ careers if this decline is particularly severe in their local labor market? This paper uses administrative data from Germany and a matched difference-in-differences approach to...
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Returns to on-the-job search and the dispersion of wages
Gottfries, Axel; Teulings, Coen N. - 2016
A wide class of models with On-the-Job Search (OJS) predicts that workers gradually select into better-paying jobs, until lay-off occurs, when this selection process starts over from scratch. We develop a simple methodology to test these predictions. Our inference uses two sources of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011540616
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Labor market matching under imperfect information
Willems, Tim - 2011
Recent research has shown that the standard labor matching model hasdifficulties in reproducing the co …), shocks are propagated. Under this specificationthe standard matching model even manages to make recoveries initially jobless …
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Sorting and the output loss due to search frictions
Gautier, Pieter; Teulings, Coen N. - 2012
We analyze a general search model with on-the-job search and sorting of heterogeneous workers into heterogeneous jobs. This model yields a simple relationshipbetween (i) the unemployment rate, (ii) the value of non-market time, and (iii) themax-mean wage differential. The latter measure of wage...
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Job shopping after vocational training? : an empirical analysis of the transition from apprenticeship training to work
Franz, Wolfgang - 2001
This econometric study deals with the question as to what extent apprentices after successfully completing their training stay with the firm where they have received their training and, if so, how long that job tenure holds. Determinants of both decisions can be seen from both the employer`s and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428453
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International assortative matchingin the European labor market
Peeters, Thomas; Ours, Jan C. van - 2022
We investigate whether national borders within Europe hinder the assortative matching of workers to firms in a high … productivity estimates and study the ensuing rank correlation to gauge the degree of assortative matching within and across … countries. We find strong evidence for positive assortative matching at the national level, and even more so at the …
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The effect of unemployment insurance benefits on (self-)employment : two sides of the same coin?
Camarero Garcia, Sebastian; Hansch, Michelle - 2020
Although a relevant share of firms is created out of unemployment and current active labor market policies in Europe often subsidize unemployed individuals to start their own businesses, little is known about the role of unemployment insurance (UI) generosity for self-employment. By using...
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The effect of unemployment insurance benefits on (self-)employment : two sides of the same coin?
Camarero Garcia, Sebastian; Hansch, Michelle - 2021
Although a meaningful percentage of firms are created out of unemployment and current active labor market policies in Europe often subsidize unemployed individuals to start their own businesses, little is known about the role of unemployment insurance (UI) generosity for selfemployment. By using...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012520079
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Mobilität nach der beruflichen Ausbildung : eine empirische Studie für Westdeutschland
Franz, Wolfgang; Zimmermann, Volker - 1999
This Feconometric study deals with the question as to what extent apprentices after successfully completing their training stay with the firm where they have received their training and, if so, how long that job tenure holds. Determinants of both decisions can be seen from both the employer's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013428228
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Dual track or academic route for auditors
Jonker, Nicole; Ophem, Hans van; Hartog, Joop - 2002
In the Netherlands auditors can be trained in a part-time educational track in which students combine working and studying or in a full-time educational track. The former training is relatively firm-specific whereas the latter training is relatively general. Applying human capital theory, we...
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