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Contingent convergence: a comparative analysis of activation policies
Eichhorst, Werner; Konle-Seidl, Regina - 2008
The trend towards activation has been one of the major issues in recent welfare and labour market reforms in Europe and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269141
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Employment subsidies and substitutable skills: an equilibrium matching approach
Cardullo, Gabriele; van der Linden, Bruno - 2006
The search-matching model is well suited for an equilibrium evaluation of labor market policies. When those policies are targeted on some groups, the usual juxtaposition of labor markets is however a shortcoming. There is a need for a setting where workers' productivity depends on employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276998
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Is longer unemployment rewarded with longer job tenure?
Kohara, Miki; Sasaki, Masaru; Machikita, Tomohiro - 2012
This paper examines whether or not a prolonged unemployment period can raise the quality of job matching after unemployment. We focus on job tenure as an indicator of a good quality job match after unemployment. We match two sets of Japanese administrative data compiled by the public employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291311
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Is religiosity of immigrants a bridge or a buffer in the process of integration? A comparative study of Europe and the United States
García-Muñoz, Teresa; Neuman, Shoshana - 2012
sides of the Atlantic - Europe and the United States. Based on the existing literature and on a statistical analysis of … religious landscape of Europe and of the United States and projections for the future; (ii) religiosity of immigrants (in Europe … religiosity and integration different in Europe and in the United States, due to historical differences in the state …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282226
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Job search and unemployment insurance: new evidence from time use data
Krueger, Alan B.; Mueller, Andreas - 2008
This paper provides new evidence on job search intensity of the unemployed in the U.S., modeling job search intensity as time allocated to job search activities. The main findings are: 1) the average unemployed worker in the U.S. devotes about 41 minutes to job search on weekdays, which is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268859
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Unemployment insurance generosity: a trans-atlantic comparison
Pallage, Stéphane; Scruggs, Lyle; Zimmermann, Christian - 2008
The goal of this paper is to establish if unemployment insurance policies are more generous in Europe than in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269178
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Estimating the Effect of Unemployment Insurance Compensation on the Labor Market Histories of Displaced Workers
Jurajda, Štepán - 2001
In this paper, U.S. data on labor market histories of displaced workers are used to quantify the effect of Unemployment Insurance Compensation (UIC) on both unemployment and employment durations. This results in the first available assessment of the effect that UIC has on the fraction of time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274314
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Job search and job finding in a period of mass unemployment: Evidence from high-frequency longitudinal data
Krueger, Alan B.; Mueller, Andreas - 2011
This paper presents findings from a survey of 6,025 unemployed workers who were interviewed every week for up to 24 weeks in the fall of 2009 and spring of 2010. Our main findings are: (1) the amount of time devoted to job search declines sharply over the spell of unemployment; (2) the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274673
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Do Extended Unemployment Benefits Lengthen Unemployment Spells? Evidence from Recent Cycles in the U.S. Labor Market
Farber, Henry S.; Valletta, Robert G. - 2013
In response to the Great Recession and sustained labor market downturn, the availability of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits was extended to historical highs in the United States. We exploit variation in the timing and size of UI benefit extensions across states to estimate the overall...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319546
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Unemployment benefits or taxes: How should policy makers redistribute income over the business cycle?
Ek, Susanne - 2012
This paper studies optimal unemployment benefit levels and optimal proportional income tax rates over the business cycle. Previous research suggests that policy makers should make unemployment insurance (UI) dependent on the business cycle because the UI system can be used to smooth consumption...
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