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Marshallian vs Jacobs effects : which one is stronger? : evidence for Russia unemployment dynamics

Demidova, Olʹga Anatolʹevna; Kolyagina, Alena; … - 2019

This paper is devoted to the study of diversification and specialization influence on one of the main indicators of … were empirically tested: 1) the dependence of the unemployment rate on the degree of concentration or diversification is … concentration or diversification on the level of unemployment depends on the time period. To test these hypotheses nonparametric …

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The relationship between entrepreneurship and unemployment in Japan

Stel, Adriaan J. van; Thurik, Adriaan R.; Verheul, Ingrid; … - 2008

This paper examines the relationship between entrepreneurship (as measured by fluctuations in the business ownership rate) and unemployment in Japan for the period between 1972 and 2002. We find that, although Japan’s unemployment rate has been influenced by specific exogenous shocks, the...

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The iceberg decomposition : a parsimonious way tomap the health of labour markets

Baert, Stijn - 2020

This article introduces the metaphor of the iceberg in the labour market. While policy in most OECD countries has historically focussed on reducing unemployment (the tip of the iceberg), the group of inactive people (below the waterline) is much larger. Therefore, we point to the clear...

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What shifts did Covid-19 year 2020 bring to the labour market in Europe?

Baert, Stijn - 2021

This article discusses the evolution of key labour market indicators in the EU-27 countries between 2019 and 2020, i.e. between the year before the covid-19 crisis broke out and the year in which it impacted the economy heavily. Whereas earlier policy-oriented studies have dealt with the...

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Lifetime labor supply in a search model of unemployment

Bettendorf, Leon; Broer, Dirk Peter - 2003

This paper investigates the age-dependency of participation andunemployment by integrating job search with intertemporal optimizing behaviorof finitely-lived households. We find that search frictions and tax ratesdistort the decisions of older workers to a much larger extent than that ofyoung...

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Separations at the firm level

Gautier, Pieter; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Ours, Jan C. van - 1999

This paper analyzes the determinants of lay-offs, job-to-job movements and totalseparations with a unique data set that combines information on individual firmsand their workers. We are in particular interested in whether the lay-offpolicy of firms can explain the relatively high level of...

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Unemployment and search externalities in a model with heterogeneous jobs and heterogeneous workers

Gautier, Pieter - 1999 - This version: June, 25, 1999

The continuing deterioration of the position of low skilled workers in the beginning of the 90's in essentially all industrialized countries is one of the most debated issues in both labor and macro-economics. In this paper a matching model with low and high skilled workers and simple and...

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Refugee migration, labor demand,and local employment

Auer, Daniel; Götz, Lilia - 2021

Whether or not immigration negatively affects the labor market outcomes of natives is an ongoing debate. One of the challenges for empirical evidence is the simultaneity of supply- and demand-side effects. To isolate the demand side, we focus on recent refugees in Germany who are exogenously...

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Should the maximum duration of fixed-term contracts increase in recessions? : evidence from a law reform

Martins, Pedro S. - 2017

Fixed-term contracts (FTCs) may be an important tool to promote employment, particularly in recessions or when permanent contracts are costly. Therefore, it may be useful to vary some of the legal parameters of FTCs over the business cycle, namely increasing their flexibility during downturns....

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Beyond technological explanations of employment polarisation in Spain

Sebastian, Raquel; Harrison, Scott - 2017

This paper presents new evidence on the evolution of job polarisation over time and across skill groups in Spain between 1994 and 2008. Spain has experienced job polarisation over the whole period, with growth at the upper part of the wage distribution always exceeding that in the lower part....

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