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Social interactions and unemployment
Hedström, Peter; Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Åberg, Yvonne - 2003
This paper is concerned with social interactions and their importance for unemployment. A theoretical model is … specified in which the psychological costs of unemployment depend upon the unemployment level. The analysis reveals social … multiplier effects, and shows that multiple unemployment equilibria may emerge. Data on all 20- to 24-year-olds living in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321036
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Social Interactions and Unemployment
Hedström, Peter; Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Åberg, Yvonne - 2003
This paper is concerned with social interactions and their importance for unemployment. A theoretical model is … specified in which the social and psychological costs of unemployment depend upon the unemployment level. The theoretical … analysis reveals social multiplier effects, and shows that multiple unemployment equilibria may emerge. Data on all 20- to 24 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321622
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Networks and youth labor market entry
Hensvik, Lena; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2013
The paper provides an overview of existing knowledge regarding the role played by social networks in the process where young workers are matched to employing firms. We discuss standard theories of why social networks may be an important element in the job-matching process and survey the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010464470
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Social networks, employee selection and labor market outcomes
Hensvik, Lena; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2013
The paper studies how social job finding networks affect firms' selection of employees and the setting of entry wages. Our point of departure is the Montgomery (1991) model of employee referrals which suggests that it is optimal for firms to hire new workers through referrals from their most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321120
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Monitoring and norms in sickness insurance: Empirical evidence from a natural experiment
Hesselius, Patrik; Johansson, Per; Vikström, Johan - 2008
We test if social work norms are important for work absence due to self-perceived sick-ness. To this end, we use a randomized social experiment designed to estimate the effect of monitoring on work absence. The treated were exposed to less monitoring of their eligibility to use sickness...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273936
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An Empirical Analysis of the Dynamics of the Welfare State: The Case of Benefit Morale
Halla, Martin; Lackner, Mario; Schneider, Friedrich G. - 2009
public social expenditures and a high unemployment rate are associated with a small positive (or no) immediate impact on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294856
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The Link between the Intrinsic Motivation to Comply and Compliance Behavior A Critical Appraisal of Existing Evidence
Halla, Martin - 2010
Recent economic literature emphasizes the importance of moral considerations to explain compliance behavior with respect to underground activities such as tax evasion. A considerable amount of research aims to identify factors that affect the intrinsic motivation to comply. However, the causal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294905
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Sickness Absence and Peer Effects -Evidence from a Swedish Municipality
Bokenblom, Mattias; Ekblad, Kristin - 2008
In this paper we use detailed employment records to study to what extent sickness absence among work group colleagues influences individual sickness absence. Our results indicate an overall positive peer effect. However, further analysis show peer behavior to be important for women's sickness...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012654329
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Sickness Absence and Local Cultures
Ekblad, Kristin; Bokenblom, Mattias - 2010
Sickness absence has been found to vary substantially across geographical areas. There are large differences between different countries but also between different regions within a particular country. In the literature some of these observed differentials have been suggested to stem from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012654361
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A model of social duties
Ellingsen, Tore; Mohlin, Erik - 2022
We develop a formal model of social duties. Duties to respect entitlements (duties of justice) differ from duties to promote well-being (duties of charity). A situationspecific version of our model takes entitlements as primitives. A fully portable version derives entitlements from situational...
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