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Separations at the firm level
Gautier, Pieter A.; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Ours, Jan … - VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business … - 1999
-off policy of firms can explain the relatively high level of unemployment amongst lower educated workers and the relatively … strong sensitivity of their unemployment rate to the business cycle. We find that lay-off rates decrease with education but … with a higher level of education can not explain the stronger cyclicality of the unemployment rate for lower educated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005451411
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Separations at the firm level
Gautier, Pieter A.; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Ours, Jan … - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en … - 1999
-off policy of firms can explain the relatively high level of unemployment amongst lower educated workers and the relatively … strong sensitivity of their unemployment rate to the business cycle. We find that lay-off rates decrease with education but … with a higher level of education can not explain the stronger cyclicality of the unemployment rate for lower educated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010782757
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The Effect of Search Frictions on Wages
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Vuuren, Aico van - Tinbergen Institute - 2006
Labor market theories allowing for search frictions make marked predictions on the effect of the degree of frictions on wages. Often, the effect is predicted to be negative. Despite the popularity of these theories, this has never been tested. We perform tests with matched worker-firm data. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504886
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Combining Micro and Macro Unemployment Duration Data
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Klaauw, Bas van der - Tinbergen Institute - 1998
We combine micro and macro unemployment duration data to study the effects of the business cycle on the outflow from … unemployment. We allow the cycle to affect individual exit probabilities of unemployed workers as well as the composition of the … total inflow into unemployment. We estimate the model using (micro) survey data and (macro) administrative data from France …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005209460
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The Effect of Search Frictions on Wages
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Vuuren, Aico van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2006
This discussion paper resulted in a publication in <A href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927537110000916">'Labour Economics'</A>, 17(6), 875-85.<P>Labor market theories allowing for search frictions make marked predictions on the effect of the degree of frictions on wages. Often, the effect is predicted to be negative. Despite the popularity of these...</p></a>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255845
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Combining Micro and Macro Unemployment Duration Data
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Klaauw, Bas van der - Tinbergen Instituut - 1998
We combine micro and macro unemployment duration data to study the effects of the business cycle on the outflow from … unemployment. We allow the cycle to affect individual exit probabilities of unemployed workers as well as the composition of the … total inflow into unemployment. We estimate the model using (micro) survey data and (macro) administrative data from France …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256433