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Job search behavior of unemployed in Russia
Smirnova, Natalia V. - EconWPA - 2004
unemployed workers in transitional Russia. We use pooled data from rounds 5-9 of the Russia Longitudinal Monitoring Survey (RLMS … metropolitan areas of Moscow and St. Petersburg differs substantially from the behavior of workers living elsewhere in Russia. The … most frequently used search strategy in Russia, as in other countries, is contacting friends and relatives for job leads. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005126391
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Staying Longer on Unemployment Register in Russia: Lack of Education, Bad Luck or Something Else?
Denisova, Irina - Center for Economic and Financial Research (CEFIR), New … - 2001
of Russia (1996-2000), we test some basic hypotheses on the influence of individual attributes (gender and education, in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005146503
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Job Search Channels, Neighborhood Effects and Wages Inequality in Developing Countries: The Colombian Case
Garcia, Gustavo Adolfo; Nicodemo, Catia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper analyses the relationship between social networks and the job search behaviour of individuals. Networking is not only based on friends and relatives but also on neighbourhood. The geographic closeness is associated to social interactions. Individuals who are in physical and social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960105
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Job Search Monitoring and Unemployment Duration: Evidence from a Randomised Control Trial
Micklewright, John; Nagy, Gyula - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
The administration of benefits is a relatively neglected aspect of the analysis of disincentive effects of unemployment benefit systems. We investigate this issue with a field experiment in Hungary involving random assignment of benefit claimants to treatment and control groups, a method of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789102
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Job Search Monitoring and Unemployment Duration in Hungary: Evidence from a Randomised Control Trial
Micklewright, John; Nagy, Gyula - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
The impact of the administration of unemployment benefits on time spent unemployed is a neglected issue in discussion of incentive effects in Central and Eastern Europe. We use Labour Force Survey data, administrative registers and inspection of benefit office practices to show that there is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703710
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Does More Unemployment Cause More Fear of Unemployment?
Gimpelson, Vladimir; Oshchepkov, Aleksey - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2012
the high level and persistence of fear of unemployment in Russia may be caused by non-economic factors …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010720445
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Job Search and Youth Unemployment: Analysis of Swedish Data
Albrecht, James W.; Holmlund, Bertil; Lang, Harald - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 1988
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Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010684443
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Does Job-Search Assistance Affect Search Effort and Outcomes? A Microeconometric Analysis of Public versus Private Search Methods
Fougère, Denis; Pradel, Jacqueline; Roger, Muriel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
In this paper, we examine the disincentive effects of the public employment service on the search effort of unemployed workers and on their exit rate from unemployment. For that purpose, we specify a structural search model with fixed and variable costs of search in which unemployed workers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703702
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Does the Public Employment Service Affect Search Effort and Outcomes?
Fougère, Denis; Pradel, Jacqueline; Roger, Muriel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
In this paper, we examine the disincentive effects of the public employment service on the search effort of unemployed workers and on their exit rate from unemployment. For that purpose, we specify a structural search model with fixed and variable costs of search in which unemployed workers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666474
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Equilibrium Wage Arrears: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Institutional Lock-In
Earle, John S.; Sabirianova, Klara Z. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
payment equilibrium." Our econometric analysis of linked employer-employee data for Russia supports the model's contention …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822557