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This paper aims to study whether the local variation in unemployment rates is related to labour turnover and what is … unemployment on the dynamics of the local unemployment rate. The empirical analysis is based on a newly available unique dataset … from the employment registry of a transition economy (Poland), encompassing nine years of monthly data (from 2000 to 2008 …
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Theoretical reasoning justifies different signs of the relationship between the local variation in unemployment rates … positively related to the unemployment rate. In addition, we study the determinants of labour turnover across NUTS1 and NUTS2 …
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the short-run, the Venezuelan influx led to an overall increase in unemployment and a decrease in informal sector …
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We compare a set of econometric studies that measure the effect of net internal migration in neoclassical models of long-run real income convergence and derive 67 comparable effect sizes. The precision-weighted estimate of beta convergence is about 2.7%. An increase in the net migration rate of...
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This paper investigates whether individuals living in neighbourhoods with high concentrations of unemployment are less …
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postcode-level data from administrative records to analyze the effects of immigration on wages and unemployment probabilities …
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The wage curve literature consistently finds a negative relationship between regional unemployment rates and regional … wages; the most widely accepted theoretical explanations interpret the unemployment rate as a measure of job competition …. This paper proposes new ways of measuring job competition, alternative to the unemployment rate, and finds that the …
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Social networks may affect workers' labor market outcomes. Using rich spatial data from administrative records, we analyze whether the employment status of neighbors influences the employment probability of a worker who lost his job due to a plant closure and the channels through which this...
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, high youth unemployment remains a serious problem in many OECD countries. This reflects a variety of factors, including the …
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We study the impact of a mandatory activation program for young welfare recipients in the Netherlands. Introduced at the end of 2009, the goal of the program was to prevent so-called NEETs (individuals not in employment, education or training). We use a large administrative data set for the...
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