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Too old to work, too young to retire?
Ichino, Andrea; Schwerdt, Guido; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf; … - 2013
retirement as an absorbing state, that we calibrate to match the observed patterns. Our finding is that the dynamics of relative … into retirement. In contrast, differences in layoff rates and job offer arrival rates cannot explain these patterns. Our … results support the idea that retirement incentives, more than weak labor demand, are responsible for the low employment rates …
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Does the color of the collar matter? : firm specific human capital and post-displacement outcomes
Schwerdt, Guido; Ichino, Andrea; Ruf, Oliver; … - 2008
We investigate whether the costs of job displacement differ between blue collar and white collar workers. In the short run earnings and employment losses are substantial for both groups but stronger for white collar workes. In the long run, there are only weak effects for blue collar workers but...
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Fertility and economic instability : the role of unemployment and job displacement
Del Bono, Emilia; Weber, Andrea; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2011
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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