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Sequential or non-sequential recruitment?

Ommeren, Jos van; Russo, Giovanni - 2004

This paper examines the recruitment process of firms. We test whether firms search sequentially or non …-sequentially using data compiled from filled vacancies. According to theory, in case of sequential hiring, the number of applicants is …. We distinguish between different types of recruitment methods. We find that the sequential hiring is rejected for a …

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The right man for the job

Teulings, Coen N.; Gautier, Pieter - 2000

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Where to go? : workers' reasons to quit and intra- versus interindustry job mobility

Delfgaauw, Josse - 2005

This paper employs survey data on the reasons to quit of Dutch job changers who entered or left a public sector job in 2001. We show that workers' reasons to quit their public sector job influence their decision to stay in or leave their industry of employment. A bad experience with, for...

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Early cannabis use and school to work transition of young men

Williams, Jenny; Ours, Jan C. van - 2017

We study the impact of early cannabis use on the school to work transition of young men. Our empirical approach accounts for common unobserved confounders that jointly affect selection into cannabis use and the transition from school to work using a multivariate mixed proportional hazard...

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Returns for entrepreneurs versus employees : the effect of education and personal control on the relative performance of entrepreneurs vis-a-vis wage employees

Praag, Mirjam van; Witteloostuijn, Arjen van; Sluis, … - 2009

How valuable is education for entrepreneurs’ performance as compared to employees’? What might explain any differences? And does education affect peoples’ occupational choices accordingly? We answer these questions based on a large panel of US labor force participants. We show that...

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If you are so smart, why aren't you an entrepreneur?

Hartog, Joop; Praag, Mirjam van; Sluis, Justin van der - 2008

ability has a stronger impact on entrepreneurial incomes than on wages. Entrepreneurs and employees benefit from different … sets of specific abilities: Language and clerical abilities have a stronger impact on wages, whereas mathematical, social … generates a higher income, but only for entrepreneurs: This finding supports Lazear's Jack-of-all-Trades theory. …

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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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The commuting distribution

Ommeren, Jos van - 2004

In this paper we analyse the commuting distribution from a job search perspective.We have examined under which conditions the commuting distribution is unimodal which isone of the stylised facts of commuting. It appears that a necessary condition is that space istwo-dimensional. Furthermore, one...

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Identification of "wasteful commuting" using search theory

Ommeren, Jos van; Straaten, J. Willemijn van der - 2005

In this paper, we employ search theory as a micro-economic foundation for the wasteful commuting hypothesis. It is …

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The workers' value of the remaining employment contract duration

Ommeren, Jos van; Hazans, Mihails - 2005

We introduce and apply a method for estimating workers' marginal willingness to pay for job attributes employing data on job search activity. Worker's willingness to pay for the remaining duration of the employment contract is derived. We provide evidence that workers attach substantial value to...

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