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Although home-ownership has been shown to restrict geographic labor mobility and to affect job search behavior of … restricted mobility by more intensive (more search channels or applications) or different (more active or informal) search …
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In many European countries, labor markets are characterized by high regional disparities in terms of unemployment rates … on the one hand and low geographical mobility among the unemployed on the other hand. This is somewhat surprising and …
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wage and search effort varies considerably among the groups considered. -- immigrants ; policy evaluation ; reservation … wage ; search effort ; expectations ; unemployment duration ; program evaluation ; active labor market policy …
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In many countries, women are over-represented among low-wage employees, which is why a wage floor could benefit them particularly. Following this notion, we analyse the impact of the German minimum wage introduction in 2015 on the gender wage gap. Germany poses an interesting case study in this...
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and those predicted to face a penalty compared to their pre-unemployment wage display overly optimistic wage expectations …
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The generosity of the Unemployment Insurance system (UI) plays a central role for the job search behavior of unemployed … entitlement, has a negative impact on the job search activities of the unemployed increasing their unemployment duration. Despite … the disincentive effect of UI on unemployment duration, UI benefit generosity may also increase job match quality by …
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effort ; reservation wage ; locus of control ; unemployment duration …
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relationship between the network size and reservation wages. -- job search behavior ; unemployment ; social networks …
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reducing unemployment leads to industrialised countries offering financial support to unemployed job seekers when searching for … and/or accepting jobs in distant regions. In this paper, we investigate the impact of the existence of these mobility … radius causes a higher geographical mobility and hence higher employment probabilities and wages. …
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This study quantifies the short-term distributional effects of the new statutory minimum wage in Germany. Using detailed survey data (German Socio-Economic Panel), we assess changes in the distributions of hourly wages, contractual and actual working hours, and monthly earnings. Our descriptive...
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