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to the higher rates of unemployment often observed among public housing tenants. However, recent evidence from Europe and … and large positive impact on the probability of being unemployed. Yet, a high rate of unemployment among public housing …
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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 …
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This article provides causal evidence of the significant role ethnic networks play in facilitating labor market integration by reducing information frictions. Using full population geocoded employer-employee matched Swedish register data, we investigate how co-ethnic commuters can influence the...
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This paper provides new evidence for the evolution of regional unemployment rates in Spain over the 1980-2000 period … richer interpretation of regional disparities, and (ii) can capture the unemployment effects of growing variables such as … capital stock. After classifying the 17 Spanish regions into high and low unemployment groups using kernel and cluster …
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This paper aims to shed light in the dynamics of Spanish regional unemployment rates and determine the driving forces … of their disparities. The Spanish economy has one of the highest unemployment rates in the EU and is characterised by … severe regional disparities. We apply the chain reaction theory of unemployment according to which the evolution of …
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On both theoretical and empirical grounds, this paper provides evidence that refutes the natural rate of unemployment … (NRU) hypothesis as an explanation of the evolution of regional disparities in the unemployment rate. We first present our … analytical framework, which follows the chain reaction theory (CRT) of unemployment and argues that (i) a system of interactive …
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-wanted ads and an unemployment subsidy, is highly contractionary. However, it leads to large welfare gains. The policy also plays …
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We investigate the use of various job search strategies and their impact on the probability of subsequent employment and the re-employment wage among working age men in Britain. We find that replying to advertisements and using Job Centres are the two most common methods of job search and that...
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that the reduction in fertility is not due to the income loss generated by unemployment but arises be- cause displaced …
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We study the effect of job displacement on fertility in a sample of white collar women in Austria. Using instrumental variables methods we show that unemploy- ment incidence as such has no negative effect on fertility decisions, but the very fact of being displaced from a career-oriented job...
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