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estimation, using data with self-reported periods of hunger earlier in life, with famines as instruments. The data contain … estimation to deal with imperfect recollection of conditions at very early stages of life. The estimated average causal effects …
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Unemployment insurance agencies may combat moral hazard by punishing refusals to apply to assigned vacancies. However … search behavior do not apply. This reduces the ex ante threat of sanctions. Based on a large inflow sample into unemployment … of male job seekers in West Germany in the year 2000, we analyze the effects of vacancy referrals and sanctions on the …
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Causal effects of a policy change on hazard rates of a duration outcome variable are not identified from a comparison of spells before and after the policy change, if there is unobserved heterogeneity in the effects and no model structure is imposed. We develop a discontinuity approach that...
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results show that high-speed internet improves reemployment rates after the first months in unemployment. This is confirmed by … interviews after a few months in unemployment. …
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sanctions on job search outcomes for young welfare recipients in Germany. The German benefit system is characterized by harsh …
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This paper studies the effects of the high-speed internet expansion on the match quality of new hires. We combine data on internet availability at the local level with German individual register and vacancy data. Results show that internet availability has no major impact on the stability of new...
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the same individuals sampled from the inflow into unemployment. First, they were asked for their perceived probability of …
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estimation of Timing-of-Events (ToE) models. We exploit rich Swedish data of unemployed job-seekers with information on … approach provides accurate effect estimates, especially if time-varying variation in the unemployment rate of the local labor …
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Active labor market policies are massively used with the objective being to improve labor market outcomes of individuals out of work. Many observational evaluation studies have been published. In this review, we critically assess policy effectiveness. We emphasize insights from recent randomized...
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Social welfare systems usually imply specific obligations for benefit recipients. If a recipient does not comply with these obligations, a sanction involving a punitive benefits reduction may be imposed. In this paper we give an overview of the literature on the effects of sanctions in social...
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