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Unequal chances on a flexible labor market, the case of the Netherlands
Bijwaard, Govert; Veenman, Justus - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003645187
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Unequal chances on a flexible labor market : the case of the Netherlands
Bijwaard, Govert; Veenman, Justus - 2008
unemployment, household care and disability to employment. Then we decompose the differences in expected duration between the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011373813
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Strikes in France and the Netherlands : a comparison of labour market institutions
Butter, Frank A. G. den; Koppes, Silvie Y. - 2003
Strikes as a consequence of labour conflicts occur about 28 times as much in France as in the Netherlands. This paper examines the institutional differences underlying these differences in strike activity. Our empirical analysis shows that strike activity is high in France if workers were...
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Estimating equilibrium effects of job search assistance
Gautier, Pieter; Muller, Paul; Klaauw, Bas van der; … - 2012
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Empirical evaluation of broader job search requirements for unemployed workers
Klaauw, Bas van der; Vethaak, Heike - 2022
This paper analyses data from a large-scale field experiment where unemployed workers were randomly assigned to an additional caseworker meeting with the purpose to impose a broader job search strategy. We find that the meeting significantly increases job finding and is cost effective. However,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013429219
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Pension rules and labour market mobility
Lammers, Marloes; Bloemen, Hans H.G.; Hochguertel, Stefan S. - 2017 - This version: June 2017
This paper makes use of a natural experiment to examine effects of potential capital losses and general attractiveness of pension schemes on employees' propensity to change jobs. On January 1st 2004, the two largest pension funds in the Netherlands, for civil servants and for the health care...
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The impact of labour market deregulation : lessons from the "kiwi" and "polder" models
Gorter, Cees; Poot, Jacques - 1999
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The impact of labour market deregulation : lessons from the "Kiwi" and "Polder" models
Gorter, Cees; Poot, Jacques - 1999
Unemployment remains a major economic and social problem in many developedeconomies. Thispaper provides theoretical and … empirical perspectives on the impact of labourmarket deregulation as a means of combatting unemployment and of enhancing … unemployment rates reduced to close to half of theirrespective post-1980 peaks. The labour market policies that contributed to …
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Is labour market flexibility harmful to innovation? : Notes from a recent debate in the Netherlands
Kleinknecht, Alfred Herrmann - 1996
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Temporary jobs and temporary workers : the Dutch experience
Russo, Giovanni; Gorter, Cees; Molenaar, Debora - 1997
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