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Although an inverse relationship between sickness absence and unemployment has been documented in a number of studies … whether this empirical regularity is due to changes in the individual costs of absence when unemployment increases (incentive … the unemployment benefit entitlement system with monthly absence data for East and West Germany for the years 1991 …
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Happiness drops when individuals become unemployed. The negative impact of the unemployment shock, however, may differ … whether such deep psychological traits have an influence on how unemployment is perceived. It is found that unemployment has a … hypothesis that Swiss German individuals suffer more from unemployment, although for the most part, these results are without …
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also a driver of behavior and life's outcomes? Rich survey data of recent entrants into unemployment in Germany show that a …
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Although an inverse relationship between sickness absence and unemployment has beendocumented in a number of studies … whether this empiricalregularity is due to changes in the individual costs of absence when unemployment increases …
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This paper makes two contributions to the empirical matching literature. First, a recent study by Anderson and Burgess (2000) testing for endogenous competition among job seekers in a matching frame-work, is replicated with a richer and more accurate data set for Germany. Their results are...
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This paper deals with empirical matching functions. The paper is innovative in several ways. First, unlike in most of the existing literature, matching functions are estimated not only on aggregate, but also on disaggregate levels which is unusual due to the scarcity of appropriate data....
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autocorrelation in regional hires, unemployment and vacancy levels, we examine the patterns of new matches in regions, identify … variation in unemployment rates, combined with little inter-regional migration. We find evidence in favor of labor market …
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survey data of a representative inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, we empirically test the hypothesis that …
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natives and second generation migrants. We analyze an inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, and find differences between … employment probability about two months after unemployment entry. We observe a significantly lower employment probability for …
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The relationship between happiness and work is subject to an ever growing empirical literature in economics. The analyses are mostly based on large-scale survey data to measure subjective well-being. Whereas one large strand of research investigates the effect of job loss and becoming...
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