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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Persistent unemployment across OECD countries has led to increasing investments in activation programmes and, as a …

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 …

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 …

We investigate whether, why and when prosocial engagement has a causal effect on individual employment opportunities …