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Vacancy durations and entry wages : evidence from linked vacancy-employer-employee data

Kettemann, Andreas; Müller, Andreas; Zweimüller, Josef - 2018

establishment growth, vacancy filling and entry wages, we calibrate a model with directed search and ex-ante heterogeneous workers … response of vacancy filling to firm-level wages. We discuss the implications of this finding as well as potential resolutions. …

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Does the color of the collar matter? : firm specific human capital and post-displacement outcomes

Schwerdt, Guido; Ichino, Andrea; Ruf, Oliver; … - 2008

We investigate whether the costs of job displacement differ between blue collar and white collar workers. In the short run earnings and employment losses are substantial for both groups but stronger for white collar workers. In the long run, there are only weak effects for blue collar workers...

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Integrating severely disabled individuals into the labour market : the Austrian case

Humer, Brigitte (contributor); … - 2007

"We study the impact of the Austrian Employment Act for the Disabled which grants extended employment protection, requires a hiring quota for firms, and subsidizes the employment of severely disabled (SD) workers. Using a large sample of eligible individuals we compare workers before and after...

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Does raising the retirement age increase employment of older workers?

Staubli, Stefan; Zweimüller, Josef - 2011

This paper studies how an increase in the minimum retirement age affects the labor market behavior of older workers. Between 2000 and 2006 the Austrian government gradually increased the early retirement age from 60 to 62.2 for men and from 55 to 57.2 for women. Using administrative data on the...

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Job creation and job destruction in a regulated labor market : the case of Austria

Stiglbauer, Alfred; Stahl, Florian; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; … - 2002

We study Austrian job reallocation in the period of 1978 to 1998, using a large administrative dataset where we correct for "spurious" entries and exits of firms. We find that on average 9 out of 100 randomly selected jobs were created within the last year, and that about 9 out of randomly...

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Does Immigration into Their Neighborhoods Incline Voters Toward the Extreme Right? The Case of the Freedom Party of Austria

Halla, Martin; Wagner, Alexander F.; Zweimüller, Josef - 2012

This paper explores one potentially important channel through which immigration may drive support for extreme right …

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Does immigration into their neighborhoods incline voters toward the extreme right? The case of the freedom Party of Austria

Halla, Martin; Wagner, Alexander F.; Zweimüller, Josef - 2012

This paper explores one potentially important channel through which immigration may drive support for extreme …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316869

Does the color of the collar matter? Firm specific human capital and post-displacement outcomes

Schwerdt, Guido; Ichino, Andrea; Ruf, Oliver; … - 2008

We investigate whether the costs of job displacement differ between blue collar and white collar workers. In the short run earnings and employment losses are substantial for both groups but stronger for white collar workes. In the long run, there are only weak effects for blue collar workers but...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294926

Does raising the retirement age increase employment of older workers?

Staubli, Stefan; Zweimüller, Josef - 2012

Two pension reforms in Austria increased the early retirement age from 60 to 62 for men and from 55 to 58.25 for women. The reforms reduced early retirement by 18.9 percentage points among affected men aged 60-62 and by 22.3 percentage points among affected women aged 55-58.25. The associated...

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Wages and the value on nonemployment

Jäger, Simon; Schoefer, Benjamin; Young, Samuel; … - 2018

. The value of this state is therefore a fundamental determinant of wages and, in turn, labor supply and job creation. We … measure the effect of changes in the value of nonemployment on wages in existing jobs and among job switchers. Our quasi … document that wages are insensitive to UI benefit levels: point estimates imply a wage response of less than $0.01 per $1.00 UI …

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