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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 inefficient advantage of experience in the market for football managers

Peeters, Thomas; Szymanski, Stefan; Terviö, Marko - 2017

We study hiring in a labor market where worker ability can only be observed on-the-job, but quickly becomes public information after labor market entry. We show that firms in these markets have a socially inefficient incentive to hire low talented, experienced workers instead of more promising...

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Homeownership and labour market behaviour : interpreting the evidence

Rouwendal, Jan; Nijkamp, Peter - 2008 - This version: November 3, 2008

This paper reviews the empirical research that has been generated by Oswald’s thesis, which claims that there is a causal relationship from homeownership to unemployment. The literature confirms a decreasing effect of homeownership on geographical mobility of workers, but does not in general...

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Unequal chances on a flexible labor market : the case of the Netherlands

Bijwaard, Govert; Veenman, Justus - 2008

Labor markets in Western countries are becoming more and more flexible, thereby meeting the needs of employers. Yet the new flexibility also offers opportunities to workers, while at the same time bears the risk of long-term exclusion. This paper deals with unequal chances on the contemporary...

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Employed and unemployed job search : a comparison of choices and outcomes among youth

Holzer, Harry J. - 1986

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The short-term effect of the COVID-19 crisis on employment probabilities of labour-market entrants in the Netherlands

Bussink, Henri; Vervliet, Tobias; Weel, Bas ter - 2022

This research documents employment opportunities of labour-market entrants during the COVID-19 crisis in the Netherlands. Two recent cohorts of graduates are studied and compared to two preCOVID-19 cohorts: the 2019 cohort was unexpectedly hit by the COVID-19 crisis about six months after...

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Labor market implications of education mismatch

Cervantes, Carla Varona; Cooper, Russell W. - 2020

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Using genes to explore the effects of cognitive and non-cognitive skills on education and labor market outcomes

Buser, Thomas; Ahlskog, Rafael; Johannesson, Magnus; … - 2021

A large literature establishes that cognitive and non-cognitive skills are strongly correlated with educational attainment and professional achievement. Isolating the causal effects of these traits on career outcomes is complicated by reverse causality and selection issues. We suggest a new...

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Using genes to explore the effects of cognitive and non-cognitive skills on education and labor market outcomes

Buser, Thomas; Ahlskog, Rafael; Johannesson, Magnus; … - 2023 - Revision: February 2023

A large literature establishes that cognitive and non-cognitive skills are strongly correlated with educational attainment and professional achievement. Isolating the causal effects of these traits on career outcomes is made difficult by reverse causality and selection issues. We suggest a...

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Technical change, inequality, and the labor market

Acemoglu, Daron - 2000

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