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We conduct a randomized evaluation of two job-search support programs for urban youth in Ethiopia. One group of treated respondents receives a subsidy to cover the transport costs of job search. Another group participates in a job application workshop where their skills are certified and they...
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market outcomes than job switchers. Over 40% of all workers separating into unemployment regain employment at their previous … temporary layoff. Recalls are associated with much shorter unemployment duration and better wage changes. Negative duration … dependence of unemployment nearly disappears once recalls are excluded. We also find that the probability of finding a new job is …
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sharp increase in the incidence of long-term unemployment (LTU) during the Great Recession. We first show that compositional … shifts in demographics, occupation, industry, region, and the reason for unemployment jointly account for very little of the … model that allows for duration dependence in the exit rate from unemployment and for transitions between employment (E …
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analyze data from the SIPP and find that the wages for new hires coming from unemployment are no more cyclical than those of …
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Reemployment bonus experiments offer large lump sum payments to unemployment insurance (UI) recipients who find a job … Illinois and discusses the implications of the experiments for theories of unemployment and policy design. I examine the hazard … rate of exit from unemployment and find that it is significantly higher for the experimental groups, but only during the …
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The British New Deal for Young People began in January 1998. After 6 months of unemployment, 18-24 year olds are …
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The continuing adverse labor market effects of the Great Recession have intensified interest in policy efforts to spur job creation. In periods when labor demand and supply are in balance, either hiring credits or worker subsidies can be used to boost employment - hiring credits by reducing...
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We show that the largest increase in unemployment benefits in U.S. history had large spending impacts and small job …
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We empirically and theoretically examine how consumer credit access affects displaced workers. Empirically, we link administrative employment histories to credit reports. We show that an increase in credit limits worth 10% of prior annual earnings allows individuals to take .15 to 3 weeks longer...
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Based on administrative data from the federal employment services in Germany, this paper applies statistical matching … results show that workers who enter temporary help work from registered unemployment do not enjoy subsequent greater chances … risks of unemployment. While our results, therefore, do not lend empirical support to a stepping-stone function of temporary …
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