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-finding rates and the more standard view of negative effects. When unemployment compensation, if any, is low enough, we argue that … conclusion as well. Looking specifically at unemployment compensation, its optimal level is generally higher than when a lower …
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change in SWB predicts job search and unemployment duration. The findings suggest that those who report feeling hurt by … unemployment have shorter unemployment durations. Men who report a loss of SWB are also more likely to look for a job, but women …: search effort and unemployment duration are affected by the utility differential between having a job and being unemployed. …
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Panel data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey are used to examine the impact of involuntary job loss on the mental health of spouses and adolescent children. Estimates from fixed effects models show that the mental health of women (but not men) declines following...
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incentives as it reduces the attractiveness of remaining a low-educated worker. However, unemployment also increases …
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-aggregation correction does not alter the unemployment decomposition using the monthly survey, it does so when using the quarterly survey. …
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This paper develops an equilibrium search model to explain gender asymmetry in occupational distribution. Workers' utility depends on salary and working hours, and women have a greater aversion to longer working hours than men. Simulations indicate that women crowd into shorter-hour,...
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then used to assess the impact of an increase in the generosity of unemployment benefits on the aggregate employment rate …. Findings suggest that modeling the self-employed, some of whom hire paid employees implies that small increases in unemployment …
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Panel data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey are used to examine the impact of involuntary job loss on the mental health of spouses and adolescent children. Estimates from fixed effects models show that the mental health of women (but not men) declines following...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011991995
incentives as it reduces the attractiveness of remaining a low-educated worker. However, unemployment also increases …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011603362
-finding rates and the more standard view of negative effects. When unemployment compensation, if any, is low enough, we argue that … conclusion as well. Looking specifically at unemployment compensation, its optimal level is generally higher than when a lower …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012290389