Showing 1 - 10 of 34
The study estimates the employment effect of vocational training programs for the unemployed in urban Russia. The results of propensity score matching indicate that training programs had a non-negative overall effect on the program participants relative to non-participants.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287997
This paper develops a model of unemployment fluctuations. The model keeps the architecture of the Barro and Grossman … flexible to completely rigid. With some price rigidity, aggregate demand influences unemployment through a simple mechanism … thus increases labor demand, which in turn reduces unemployment. We use the comparative-statistics predictions of the model …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418280
I investigate the impact of parental unemployment on children's educational attainment and long-run labor market … outcomes in Austria. I find that parental unemployment shortly before an important educational decision by parents for their … results emphasize the intergenerational and long-lasting consequences of parental unemployment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389759
panel data from Washington State assembled from 2002-2014 administrative wage and unemployment insurance (UI) records. Three …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059530
The link between unemployment and pension accumulations is conceptually straightforward; periods of unemployment lead … of the timing and frequency of unemployment spells. We hypothesize that unemployment is more likely during periods in … generated unemployment spells for men and women across the earnings distribution. We find lower income workers suffer greater …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287972
Families (TANF) become jobless, apply for and receive unemployment insurance (UI) benefits, and participate in publicly funded …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418261
Recent efforts to expand unemployment insurance (UI) eligibility are expected to increase low-earning workers' access …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418275
firms, 3) partly offset by unemployment benefits, and 4) amplified by concurrent drops in partners' earnings. On net …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012660905
Unemployment insurance (UI) provides temporary income support to workers who have lost their jobs and are seeking …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369446
This paper considers employment growth and unemployment from 1990-2010 in a cross-section of cities in light of … unemployment rates in 83 central cities in the United States. Change in educational attainment over time is suggestive of causing … higher job growth and lower unemployment. The implication is that initiatives to attract and retain college …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010369449