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Frijters, Paul; Lindeboom, Maarten; van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2009

flexible multi-state Mixed Proportional Hazard specifications for transition rates between employment, unemployment, and … welfare/non-participation. Our main finding is that after longer periods of employment with high income, individuals …' transition rates from unemployment to employment increase. Longer periods of non-employment generally decrease future transition …

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Treatment versus Regime Effects of Carrots and Sticks

Arni, Patrick; van den Berg, Gerard J.; Lalive, Rafael - 2015

Public Employment Service (PES) agencies and caseworkers (CW) often have substantial leeway in the design and …, employment, and post-unemployment earnings using register data that contain PES and case-worker identifiers for about 130,000 job …

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Informing Employees in Small and Medium Sized Firms about Training: Results of a Randomized Field Experiment

van den Berg, Gerard J.; Dauth, Christine; Homrighausen, Pia - 2018

We analyze a German labor market program that subsidizes skill-upgrading occupational training for workers employed in small and medium sized enterprises. This WeGebAU program reimburses training costs but take-up has been low. In an experimental setup, we mailed 10,000 brochures to potentially...

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Long-Run Effects of Dynamically Assigned Treatments: A New Methodology and an Evaluation of Training Effects on Earnings

van den Berg, Gerard J.; Vikström, Johan - 2019

earnings in subsequent employment. Any evaluation needs to take into account that some of those who are not trained at a …

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Labour Market Outcomes for Cancer Survivors: A Review of the Reviews

Sharipova, Adelina; Baert, Stijn - 2019

Objectives: To synthesise the existing reviews conducted on the labour market outcomes of cancer survivors by focusing on (i) the convergences and divergences on the overall work-related outcomes, (ii) the moderating factors studied to date, and (iii) an identification of areas where more...

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How Do We Think the COVID-19 Crisis Will Affect Our Careers (If Any Remain)?

Baert, Stijn; Lippens, Louis; Moens, Eline; Sterkens, … - 2020

This study is the first in the world to investigate the expected impact of the COVID-19 crisis on career outcomes and career aspirations. To this end, high-quality survey research with a relevant panel of Belgian employees was conducted. About 21% of them fear losing their jobs due to the...

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The Iceberg Decomposition: A Parsimonious Way to Map the Health of Labour Markets

Baert, Stijn - 2020

This article introduces the metaphor of the iceberg in the labour market. While policy in most OECD countries has historically focussed on reducing unemployment (the tip of the iceberg), the group of inactive people (below the waterline) is much larger. Therefore, we point to the clear...

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Mens Sana in Corpore Sano! The Hiring Premium for Physical versus Mental Exercise in Different Occupations

Verhaest, Dieter; Baert, Stijn - 2023

We investigate the impact of participation in physical and mental exercise activities on hirability. Besides by comparing both forms of exercising, we innovate against the existing literature by comparing their impact between different types of jobs, where other effects could be expected. To...

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Long-run effects of gestation during the Dutch Hunger Winter famine on labor market and hospitalization outcomes

Scholte, Robert; van den Berg, Gerard J.; Lindeboom, Maarten - 2012

significantly negative effect of exposure during the first trimester of gestation on employment outcomes 53 or more years after …

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The economics of grief

van den Berg, Gerard J.; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - 2012

We study the short-run and long-run economic impact of one of the largest losses that an individual can face; the death of a child. We utilize unique merged registers on the entire Swedish population, combining information on the date and cause of death with parents' labor market outcomes, health...

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