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Frühe Flexibilisierung? Regionale Mobilität nach der Lehrausbildung in Deutschland zwischen 1977 und 2004
Seibert, Holger - 2007
This paper examines if and to what extend regional mobility has increased after finishing vocational in-firm training between 1977 and 2004. Particular interest is given to the importance of regional mobility for occupational continuity at labor market entry. Can mobility lower the probability...
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Are real entry wages rigid over the business cycle? Empirical evidence for Germany from 1977 to 2009
Stüber, Heiko - 2012
Einführung von Lohnrigidität in das Mortensen-Pissarides-Modell, um realistische Volatilitäten der Arbeitslosigkeit zu erzeugen …
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Unemployment and occupational mobility at the beginning of employment career in Germany and the UK
Schmelzer, Paul - 2011
Gerade am Anfang der Erwerbskarriere ist Arbeitslosigkeit keine Seltenheit. In diesem Artikel argumentieren wir, dass … in Abhängigkeit von institutionellen Rahmenbedingungen Arbeitslosigkeit verschiedene Konsequenzen für die zukünftige … Position nach der Arbeitslosigkeit verbessern. Bei Auswertung der Daten werden GSEP und BHPS Datensätze benutzt und simultan …
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Transition with heterogeneous labor
Balla, Katalin (contributor); Köllő, János (contributor);  … - 2006
We extend the benchmark model of Aghion and Blanchard (1994), assuming two segments of the emerging private sector that differ in workers' productivity. We look at the paths of employment, wages, taxes, labor costs and profits during and after the transition, up until the shock is fully...
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Does leaving welfare improve health? : evidence for Germany
Huber, Martin; Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny - 2009
Using exceptionally rich linked administrative and survey information on German welfare recipients we investigate the health effects of transitions from welfare to employment and of assignments to welfare-to-work programmes. Applying semi-parametric propensity score matching estimators we find...
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Are training programs more effective when unemployment is high?
Lechner, Michael (contributor); Wunsch, Conny (contributor) - 2006
We estimate short, medium, and long-run individual labor market effects of training programs for unemployed by following program participation on a monthly basis over a ten-year period. Since analyzing the effectiveness of training over such a long period is impossible with experimental data, we...
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The effectiveness of regional active labour market policies to fight against unemployment : an analysis for Catalonia
Ramos, Raúl; Suriñach Caralt, Jordi; Artís Ortuño, … - 2009
The aim of this work is to assess the effectiveness of active labour market policies carried out by the Catalan Public Employment Services (SOC) during the year 2005. The results obtained from the application of matching techniques show that the probability of finding a job for an individual who...
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Incentive effects of unemployment insurance savings accounts : evidence from Chile
Reyes Hartley, Gonzalo; Ours, Jan C. van; Vodopivec, Milan - 2010
This study examines the determinants of job-finding rates of unemployment benefit recipients under the Chilean program. This is a unique, innovative program that combines social insurance through a solidarity fund (SF) with self-insurance in the form of unemployment insurance savings accounts...
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Reemployment and substitution effects from increased activation : evidence from times of crisis
Martins, Pedro S.; Pessoa e Costa, Sofia - 2014
Although activation services such as monitoring, training, or job subsidies have been shown to increase exits from unemployment, there is little comprehensive evidence about the effects of activation during recessions. Here we evaluate a large activation programme introduced in Portugal in 2012,...
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Where does education pay off in sub-Saharan Africa? : evidence from two cities of the Republic of Congo
Kuepié, Mathias; Nordman, Christophe J. - 2015 - Forthcoming in: Oxford Development Studies, 2016
Using first-hand data from the 2009 Employment and Informal Sector Survey (EESIC) in the two largest cities of the Republic of Congo, Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire, we analyse the impact of education on labour market outcomes, and identify the segments where education pays off the most....
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