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Demographic and education effects on unemployment in Europe: economic factors and labour market institutions

Biagi, Federico; Lucifora, Claudio - 2005

We analyse the effects of demographic and education changes on unemployment rates in Europe. Using a panel of European … individuals, in general, experience lower unemployment rates, changes in the population age structure appear to be positively … related to young workers' unemployment rates while they have no effect on adults. Conversely changes in the skill structure …

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Intergenerational Effects in Sweden : What Can We Learn from Adoption Data?

Lindahl, Mikael; Björklund, Anders; Plug, Erik - 2004

We explore the adoption data approach to estimating causal effects of parental education and income on the same outcomes of their children. Thanks to a data set drawn from Swedish population registers with detailed information on biological background and history of adoptees, we can test basic...

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Education and Earnings Growth: Evidence from 11 European Countries

Brunello, Giorgio; Comi, Simona - 2000

We use cohort data from 11 European countries to study whether experience profiles differ by educational attainment. Previous literature does not provide a clear answer to this question, that is important to evaluate private returns to education over the working life of individuals. We find...

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Is Education Used as a Signaling Device for Productivity in Developing Countries? Evidence from Ghana

Strobl, Eric - 2003

This paper investigates whether education is used as a signaling device for worker productivity in developing countries. To do such we employ a simple test of employer learning on Ghana manufacturing data. We find no evidence of educational signaling for individuals who were hired through direct...

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The effect of job flexibility on female labor market outcomes: Estimates from a search and bargaining model

Flabbi, Luca; Moro, Andrea - 2010

show that flexibility has a substantial impact on the wage distribution but not on the unemployment rate. We comment on the …

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Are computer skills the new basic skills? : The returns to computer, writing and math skills in Britain

Borghans, Lex; ter Weel, Bas - 2003

The large increase in computer use has raised the question whether people have to be taught computer skills before entering the labour market. Using data from the 1997 Skills Survey of the Employed British Workforce, we argue that neither the increase in computer use nor the fact that...

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Education Driving the Rise in Dutch Female Employment: Explanations for the Increase in Part-time Work and Female Employment in the Netherlands, Contrasted with Germany

Schettkat, Ronald; Yocarini, Lara - 2001

Over the last 15 years, the Netherlands has experienced a tremendous jobs boom, mainly in services and female employment. This has often been related to changes in the Dutch institutional environment. Using a model which allows for direct utility of work, we find that institutional arrangements...

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The impact of education on unemployment incidence and re-employment success: Evidence from the US labour market

Riddell, W. Craig; Song, Xueda - 2011

This study investigates the causal effects of education on individuals' transitions between employment and unemployment … 16 years of schooling. Evidence on the impact of formal schooling on unemployment incidence is mixed. …

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Education, job search and re-employment outcomes among the unemployed

Riddell, W. Craig; Song, Xueda - 2011

increase the probability of re-employment following unemployment. …

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The origins of intergenerational associations: lessons from Swedish adoption data

Björklund, Anders; Lindahl, Mikael; Plug, Erik - 2005

We use unique Swedish data to estimate intergenerational associations between adoptees and their biological and adoptive parents. We argue that the impact from biological parents captures broad pre-birth factors, including genes and prenatal environment, and the impact from adoptive parents...

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