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The threat of monitoring job search : a discontinuity design
Cockx, Bart; Dejemeppe, Muriel - 2010
Since July 2004 the job search effort of long-term unemployed benefit claimants is monitored in Belgium. We exploit the …
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Do employers discriminate less if vacancies are difficult to fill? : evidence from a field experiment
Baert, Stijn; Cockx, Bart; Gheyle, Niels; Vandamme, Cora - 2013
We empirically test the relationship between hiring discrimination and labour market tightness at the level of the occupation. To this end, we conduct a correspondence test in the youth labour market. In line with theoretical expectations, we find that, compared to natives, candidates with a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009695983
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How effective are hiring subsidies to reduce long-term unemployment among prime-aged jobseekers? : evidence from Belgium
Desiere, Sam; Cockx, Bart - 2021
abolition of a hiring subsidy targeted at long-term unemployed jobseekers over 45 years of age in Belgium to evaluate its …
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