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Microeconometric Evaluation of the Active Labour Market Policy in Switzerland

Gerfin, Michael; Lechner, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000

and social security records. We apply a matching estimator adapted for the case of multiple programmes. We find …

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The Determinants of Labour Market Transitions

Fabrizi, Enrico - In: Giornale degli Economisti 68 (2009) 2, pp. 233-265

This paper focuses on changes in the Italian labour market over the decade 1993-2003. We estimate both aggregate transition matrices and micro-level multinomial logistic regression models to analyse flows between labour market states and their determinants. We aim to assess whether labour market...

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Unemployment outflows: the relevance of gender, marital status and geographical location across three European countries.

Mussida, Chiara; Fabrizi, Enrico - Dipartimenti e Istituti di Scienze Economiche, … - 2011

In this paper we adopt a three-state representation of the labour market (employment, unemployment, and inactivity). Using individual -level data from EU-SILC (European Union - Statistics on Income and Living Conditions) survey from three countries (France, Italy, Spain), we analyze the...

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Cigányok a munkaerőpiacon

Kertesi, Gábor - In: Közgazdasági szemle : a magyar Tudományos Akadémia … 41 (1994) 11, pp. 991-1023

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Turbulence, training and unemployment

Belan, Pascal; Chéron, Arnaud - In: Labour Economics 27 (2014) C, pp. 16-29

In this paper, we develop a matching model where firms invest in transferable human capital. Workers are endowed with …

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A test between unemployment theories using matching data

Coles, Melvyn; Petrongolo, Barbara - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

This paper tests whether aggregate matching is consistent with unemployment being mainly due to search frictions or due … to job queues. Using U.K. data and correcting for temporal aggregation bias, estimates of the random matching function … are consistent with previous work in this field, but random matching is formally rejected by the data. The data instead …

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Money or Joy

Alstadsæter, Annette; Kolm, Anne-Sofie; Larsen, Birthe - Økonomisk Institut, Copenhagen Business School - 2005

This paper examines the effect of taxes on the individuals' choices of educational direction, and thus on the economy.s skill composition. A proportional labour tax induces too many workers with high innate ability to choose an educational type associated with high consumption value and low...

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The Dynamic Beveridge Curve

Fujita, Shigeru; Ramey, Garey - Department of Economics, University of California-San … - 2005

both the vacancy-unemployment ratio and employment. We show that the standard version of the Mortensen-Pissarides matching … the matching model with sunk costs, vacancies react sluggishly to shocks, leading to highly realistic dynamics. …

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Labor Market Cycles, Unemployment Insurance Eligibility, and Moral Hazard

Faig, Miquel; Zhang, Min - In: Review of Economic Dynamics 15 (2012) 1, pp. 41-56

If entitlement to UI benefits must be earned with employment, generous UI is an additional benefit to working, so, by itself, it promotes job creation. If individuals are risk neutral, then there is a UI contribution scheme that eliminates any effect of UI on employment decisions. As with...

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Are the Unemployed Unemployable?

Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1992

This paper develops a matching model of the labour market under wage rigidity when hiring decisions are irreversible …

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