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Job security and liquid wealth
Figueiredo, Ana; Marie, Olivier; Markiewicz, Agnieszka - 2023
important mechanism linking unemployment and job security. Finally, we estimate that losses in job security can explain 21% of …
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Does offshoring shape labor market imperfections? : a comparative analysis of Belgian and Dutch firms
Dobbelaere, Sabien; Fuss, Catherine; Vancauteren, Mark - 2023
We study the relationship between offshoring and the prevalence and intensity of labor market imperfections at the firm … wagemarkdown pricing originating from firms' monopsony power in both countries. Offshoring benefits firms in that imports of final … effect of offshoring on wage markdowns arises from an increase in productivity that is only imperfectly passed through into …
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Job loss, firm-level heterogeneity and mortality : evidence from administrative data
Bloemen, Hans G.; Hochgürtel, Stefan; Zweerink, Jochem - 2015
This paper estimates the effect of job loss on mortality for older male workers with strong labor force attachment. Using Dutch administrative data, we find that job loss due to sudden firm closure increased the probability to die within five years by a sizable 0.60 percentage points....
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Separations at the firm level
Gautier, Pieter A. (contributor) - 1999
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The relationship between entrepreneurship and unemployment in Japan
Stel, Adriaan J. van; Thurik, Adriaan R.; Verheul, Ingrid; … - 2008
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 effects of entrepreneurship on unemployment are not different when …
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Does entrepreneurship reduce unemployment?
Audretsch, David B.; Carree, Martin Anthony; Thurik, … - 2001
In this paper, we develop two hypotheses: First, regional innovation efforts have a positive impact on regional knowledge based entrepreneurial activity. Second, knowledge based entrepreneurship positively affects regional economic performance. We test these hypotheses using county level data...
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The relationship between entrepreneurship and unemployment in Japan
Stel, Adriaan J. van; Thurik, Adriaan R.; Verheul, Ingrid; … - 2007
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Imperfect information, lagged labor adjustment and the great moderation
Willems, Tim; Wijnbergen, Sweder van - 2009
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Job search requirements for older unemployed : transitions to employment, early retirement and disability benefits
Bloemen, Hans G.; Hochgürtel, Stefan; Lammers, Marloes - 2011
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Job search requirements for older unemployed : transitions to employment, early retirement and disability benefits
Bloemen, Hans G.; Hochgürtel, Stefan; Lammers, Marloes - 2012 - This version: October 2012
In this paper, we use a recent policy change in the Netherlands to study how changes in search requirements for the older unemployed affect their transition rates to employment, early retirement and sickness/disability benefits. The reform, becoming effective on January 1st 2004, required the...
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