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It has been shown in past research that unemployment has a large negative impact on subjective well-being of … effects of unemployment. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel 1984-2004, I find that social capital is an important … predictor of well-being levels, but there is no evidence that it moderates the effect of unemployment on well-being. The well …
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public social expenditures and a high unemployment rate are associated with a small positive (or no) immediate impact on …
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It is puzzling that people feel quite unhappy when they become unemployed, while at thesame time active labor market policies are needed to bring unemployed back to work morequickly. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we investigate whether there isindeed such a puzzle. First, we...
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age at which the individualstarts receiving disability benefits, and the increase in the local unemployment rate …
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contemporary unemployment affect a young worker’s probability ofbeing invited to a job interview. In contrast to studies using … forunobserved heterogeneity. We find no evidence that recruiting employers use informationabout past unemployment to sort workers … pastunemployment as a sorting criterion suggests that the scarring effects of unemployment maynot be as severe as has been indicated by …
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Despite the increased frequency of job loss for older workers in Europe, little is known on itseffect on the work-retirement decision. Employing individual data from the EuropeanCommunity Household Panel for Germany, Italy, Spain, and the U.K., a multivariatecompeting-risks hazard model is...
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In this paper we use Portuguese data on individual (multiple) unemployment spells and applysemi-parametric duration … persons with muscular, skeletal, geriatricand sensorial problems experience the longest unemployment spells. Organic (blind …
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In Portugal duration of benefits is exclusively age determined while replacement rates are toall intents and purposes uniform. We exploit differences in potential maximum duration ofbenefits for nearly matched pairs of individuals who differ in age by one year and in potentialmaximum duration of...
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The Swedish labour market and social policy is aimed at facilitating flexibility in the labourmarket. The active labour market policy and the design of the social security pension systemare two frequently mentioned examples of that policy...
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A duration model based on the time on Unemployment Insurance (UI) benefits instead of amodel based on the time till re …
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