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What are the determinants of hiring? : the role of demand and supply factors

Eriksson, Stefan; Stadin, Karolina - 2015

In this paper, we study the relative importance of demand and supply factors for hiring. We use a search-matching model with imperfect competition in the product market to derive an equation for total hiring in a local labor market and estimate it on Swedish panel data. If product markets are...

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No activation without reconciliation? : the interplay between ALMP and ECEC in relation to women's employment, unemployment and inactivity in 30 OECD countries, 1985-2018

Nieuwenhuis, Rense - 2022

's employment rates, women's unemployment and inactivity rates in 30 OECD countries from 1985 to 2018. The article theorizes about … with low female unemployment rates, whereas ECEC also is associated with lower inactivity rates for women. There was … highest rates of women's employment, and the lowest rates of unemployment and inactivity, are found in countries with large …

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The heterogeneous earnings impact of job loss across workers, establishments, and markets

Athey, Susan; Simon, Lisa; Nordström Skans, Oskar; … - 2024

Using generalized random forests and rich Swedish administrative data, we show that the earnings effects of job displacement due to establishment closures are highly heterogeneous. We find as much heterogeneity within as across closing establishments, and within as across worker types defined by...

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Firms' employment dynamics and the state of the labor market

Stadin, Karolina - 2015

According to search and matching theory, a greater availability of unemployed workers should make it easier for a firm to fill a vacancy but more vacancies at other firms should make recruitment more difficult. But what can we say about the expected magnitudes of these effects on firms’...

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Technological change and the Swedish labor market

Graetz, Georg - 2020

This report takes stock of recent research into the effects of technology on the labor market; assesses to what extent the Swedish labor market has been affected by technological change in the past three decades, in particular with respect to the themes highlighted by the research; and draws...

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Fixed wage contracts and monetary non-neutrality

Björklund, Maria; Carlsson, Mikael; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2016

We study the importance of wage rigidities for the monetary policy transmission mechanism. Using uniquely rich micro data on Swedish wage negotiations, we isolate periods when the labor market is covered by fixed wage contracts. Importantly, negotiations are coordinated in time but their...

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Earnings dynamics of immigrants and natives in Sweden 1985-2016

Friedrich, Benjamin; Laun, Lisa; Meghir, Costas - 2021

This paper analyzes earnings inequality and earnings dynamics in Sweden over 1985- 2016. The deep recession in the early 1990s marks a historic turning point with a massive increase in earnings inequality and earnings volatility, and the impact of the recession and the recovery from it lasted...

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Predicting re-employment : machine learning versus assessments by unemployed workers and by their caseworkers

Berg, Gerard J. van den; Kunaschk, Max; Lang, Julia; … - 2023

the same individuals sampled from the inflow into unemployment. First, they were asked for their perceived probability of …

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Does more general education reduce the risk of future unemployment? : evidence from labor market experiences during the Great Recession

Hall, Caroline King Barnard - 2013

This paper investigates whether more general education reduces the risk of future unemployment by examining individuals … longer and more general program reduced the risk of experiencing unemployment during the 2008-2010 recession. Among students … unemployment. This pattern is strongest among male students and the effect is likely to be explained by the increased dropout rate …

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From giving birth to paid labor : the effects of adult education for prime-aged mothers

Bergemann, Annette; Berg, Gerard J. van den - 2014

Women without work after childbirth are at risk of losing their connection to the labor market. However, they may participate in adult education programs. We analyze the effect of this on the duration to work and on the wage rate, by applying conditional difference-in-differences approaches. We...

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