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estimate the effects of the program. The results suggest that the program increased transitions from unemployment to work …
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receive higher wages than employed singles. The model is applied to a welfare analysis of alternative unemployment insurance …
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We compare male and female upward labor income mobility in Germany and the United States using the GSOEP-PSID Cross … in their upward income mobility compared to women in the upper income classes. We also find significant, but smaller …
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We analyse full-time monthly wages of employees with parents born in Sweden and of childhood immigrants who arrived …-European childhood immigrants and of those from Southern Europe suffer a wage disadvantage relative to natives, men to a larger extent … than women. Returns to education are generally lower for non-European childhood immigrants than for natives. Comparison …
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The paper analyzes the effect of mother tongue on labor market outcomes of Swiss residents. This type of analysis can shed light on an important policy question. Is the Swiss labor market well integrated, or can one find instead segmentation along language borders? Improving on previous research...
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Recent immigrants in Switzerland are overrepresented at the top of the wage distribution in high and at the bottom in …
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previous jobs, and thus much more than they get in unemployment benefits. However, our results also show that some groups, such … demands may contribute to high unemployment. …
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Labor market programs may affect unemployed individuals' behavior before they enroll. Such ex ante effects may differ according to ethnic origin. We apply a novel method that relates self-reported perceived treatment rates and job search behavioral outcomes, such as the reservation wage or...
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This paper examines whether a greater concentration of foreigners increases the likelihood of unemployment in local …
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suggests that restrictions on residential mobility, neighborhood effects, and the place-based housing subsidy itself contribute … 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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