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In this paper, we present a matching model with adverse selection that explains why flows into and out of unemployment …
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. We show that ERTEs stabilize unemployment rates by allowing workers to remain with their employers in highly affected …
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Many workers believe that personal contacts are crucial for obtaining jobs in high-wage sectors. On the other hand, firms in high-wage sectors report using employee referrals because they help provide screening and monitoring of new employees. This paper develops a matching model that can...
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unemployment ; firms' entry and exit ; employment volatility …
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We propose a model to evaluate the U.K.'s zero-hours contract (ZHC) - a contract that exempts employers from the requirement to provide any minimum working hours, and allows employees to decline any workload. We find quantitatively that ZHCs improve welfare by enabling firms with more volatile...
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labor market institutions are similar and their unemployment rates just before the crisis were both around 8%. Yet, in …This paper analyzes the strikingly different response of unemployment to the Great Recession in France and Spain. Their … France, unemployment rate has increased by 2 percentage points, whereas in Spain it has shot up to 19% by the end of 2009. We …
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EPL varying among workers of different skills on the level and composition of unemployment, job flows, productivity and …
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In this paper, we present a matching model with adverse selection that explains why flows into and out of unemployment …
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stepping-stone or dead-end nature of temporary contracts, their effects on employment, unemployment, churn, training …
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