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Ethnic networks and the employment of asylum seekers : evidence from Germany
Stips, Felix; Kis-Katos, Krisztina - 2020
-national networks on formal labor market access of asylum seekers. While the individual employment probability is not linked to network …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012159136
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Better together? : social networks in truancy and the targeting of treatment
Bennett, Magdalena; Bergman, Peter - 2018
Truancy correlates with many risky behaviors and adverse outcomes. We use detailed administrative data on by-class absences to construct social networks based on students who miss class together. We simulate these networks and use permutation tests to show that certain students systematically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011785802
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Young and hungry? : employment levels for young people during spring 2021
Winters, John V. - 2021
This article examines employment rates for persons in their teens and early 20s during April and May 2021 compared to … April and May 2019. Employment rates for teens are significantly higher in Spring 2021 than in Spring 2019. However …, individuals ages 20-24 experienced significantly lower employment rates in Spring 2021 than in Spring 2019. Differing employment …
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Young adults and labor markets in Africa
Bandiera, Oriana; Elsayed, Ahmed; Smurra, Andrea; … - 2021
compare their job prospects to those of their counterparts in other low-income regions. We show that employment rates are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012803752
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Minimum wages and restaurant employment for teens and adults in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas
Winters, John V. - 2022
This study estimates effects of minimum wages on individual restaurant employment using the 2005-2019 Current … decrease restaurant employment for teens and increase restaurant employment for these adults, suggesting that minimum wages … for minimum wages on teen restaurant employment in non-metropolitan areas is not statistically significant. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013346953
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Did the "Bologna Process" achieve its goals? : 20 years of empirical evidence on student enrolment, study success and labour market outcomes
Kroher, Martina; Leuze, Kathrin; Thomsen, Stephan L.; … - 2021
years later, we examine whether these goals were met by reviewing quantitative articles from sociology and economics. We … mobility. The results on employment outcomes are more consistent, with BA graduates having lower labour market returns than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012648244
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Taking chances : the effect of growing up on welfare on the risky behavior of young people
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Ryan, Christopher J.; … - 2009
We analyze the effect of growing up on welfare on young people's involvement in a variety of social and health risks. Young people in welfare families are much more likely to take both social and health risks. Much of the apparent link between family welfare history and risk taking disappears,...
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Mothers, friends and gender identity
Olivetti, Claudia; Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - 2013
This paper explores a novel mechanism of gender identity formation. Specifically, we explore how the work behavior of a teenager's own mother, as well as that of her friends' mothers, affect her work decisions in adulthood. The first mechanism is commonly included in economic models. The second,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010204503
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Do neighbors help finding a job? : social networks and labor market outcomes after plant closures
Jahn, Elke J.; Neugart, Michael - 2017
analyze whether the employment status of neighbors influences the employment probability of a worker who lost his job due to a … neighborhood employment rate increases the probability of having a job six months after displacement by 0.9 percentage points. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596169
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Social networks, gender norms and women's labor supply : experimental evidence using a job search platform
Afridi, Farzana; Dhillon, Amrita; Roy, Sanchari; … - 2022
, work hours, and monthly earnings, while in contrast home-based self-employment increased among wives - both in the network …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013470611