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historically focussed on reducing unemployment (the tip of the iceberg), the group of inactive people (below the waterline) is much … larger. Therefore, we point to the clear limitations of the unemployment rate as the (single) key macro-economic indicator of … the health of the labour market. A parsimonious dashboard approach utilising the unemployment-to-population ratio and the …
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Objectives: To synthesise the existing reviews conducted on the labour market outcomes of cancer survivors by focusing on (i) the convergences and divergences on the overall work-related outcomes, (ii) the moderating factors studied to date, and (iii) an identification of areas where more...
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literature. However, to date the focus has been solely on measuring the effect of student employment on later labour market … of student work and we examine for the first time what exactly is being signalled by student employment. We do this by … responsibility, an increased motivation, and more maturity, only student employment in line with a job candidate's field of study is …
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This study aims at estimating the stigma effect of unemployment and overeducation within one framework. To this end, we … from the employer side, we find evidence for a larger stigma effect of unemployment than overeducation. The stigma effect …
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We investigate the importance of employer preferences in explaining Sticky Floors, the pattern that women are, compared to men, less likely to start to climb the job ladder. To this end we perform a randomised field experiment in the Belgian labour market and test whether hiring discrimination...
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This paper examines the impact of housing tenure choice on unemployment duration in Belgium using EU‐SILC micro data … simultaneously estimate unemployment duration by a mixed proportional hazard model, and the probability of being an outright … the causal influence of different types of housing tenure on unemployment duration, we use instrumental variables. Our …
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Policymakers' push for higher employment rates requires the activation of long-term unemployed jobseekers and inactive … persons. However, stigma related to unemployment or inactivity can hinder their hiring chances when applying for a job. This …-term unemployment of up to six months positively affects hiring prospects, while the adverse effects of unemployment scarring become …
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Persistent unemployment across OECD countries has led to increasing investments in activation programmes and, as a …
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education on later employment outcomes. To this end, we jointly model student work and later schooling and employment outcomes … pupils also work during the academic year and diminishes for later employment outcomes. When decomposing this total effect …
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multidisciplinary literature on the relationship between student employment and educational outcomes. A systematic comparison of the … that are of high academic and policy relevance. One such insight uncovered by our review is that student employment seems …
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