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Displaced Workers in the United States and the Netherlands

Abbring, Jaap H.; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Gautier, Pieter - 1999

This paper studies worker displacement in the United States and the Netherlands. We discuss the relevant institutions, and we analyze the incidence and consequences of displacement. In the 1993-1995 period, displacement rates in the US and the Netherlands are about the same, and vary similarly...

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Dependence measures in bivariate gamma frailty models

Berg, Gerard J. van den; Effraimidis, Georgios - 2014

Bivariate duration data frequently arise in economics, biostatistics and other areas. In "bivariate frailty models", dependence between the frailties (i.e., unobserved determinants) induces dependence between the durations. Using notions of quadrant dependence, we study restrictions that this...

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Does the size of the effect of adverse events at high ages on daily-life physical functioning depend on the economic conditions around birth?

Scholte, Robert S.; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Lindeboom, … - 2014

This paper considers determinants of physical-functional limitations in daily-life activities at high ages. Specifically, we quantify the extent to which the impact of adverse life events on this outcome is larger in case of exposure to adverse economic conditions early in life. Adverse life...

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Multiple equilibria and minimum wages in labor markets with informational frictions and heterogeneous production technologies

Berg, Gerard J. van den - 1999

It is often argued that a mandatory minimum wage is binding only if the wage density displays a spike at it. In this paper we analyze a model with wage setting, search frictions, and heterogeneous production technologies, in which imposition of a minimum wage affects wages even though, after...

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Structural empirical analysis of vacancy referrals with imperfect monitoring and the strategic use of sickness absence

Berg, Gerard J. van den; Foerster, Hanno; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2023

care system on unemployment durations. We estimate that for around 25% of unemployed workers, removing the channel that … enables strategic sick reporting reduces the mean unemployment duration by 4 days. …

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Structural empirical analysis of vacancy referrals with imperfect monitoring and the strategic use of sickness absence

Berg, Gerard J. van den; Foerster, Hanno; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2023

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014429066

Empirical Monte Carlo evidence on estimation of timing-of-events models

Lombardi, Stefano; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Vikström, Johan - In: Econometric reviews 44 (2024) 1, pp. 90-118

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The role of sickness in the evaluation of job search assistance and sanctions

Berg, Gerard J. van den; Hofmann, Barbara; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2016

Unemployment insurance agencies may combat moral hazard by punishing refusals to apply to assigned vacancies. However … sanctions on the unemployment duration and the quality of job matches, in conjunction with the possibility to report sick. We … relative attractiveness of vacancy referrals increases over the time spent in unemployment. Overall, around 9% of sickness …

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The role of sickness in the evaluation of job search assistance and sanctions

Berg, Gerard J. van den; Hofmann, Barbara; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2016

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The role of sickness in the evaluation of job search assistance and sanctions

Berg, Gerard J. van den; Hofmann, Barbara; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2016

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