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International assortative matching in the European labor market
Peeters, Thomas; Ours, Jan C. van - 2022
We investigate whether national borders within Europe hinder the assortative matching of workers to firms in a high … productivity estimates and study the ensuing rank correlation to gauge the degree of assortative matching within and across … countries. We find strong evidence for positive assortative matching at the national level, and even more so at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013358755
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International assortative matchingin the European labor market
Peeters, Thomas; Ours, Jan C. van - 2022
We investigate whether national borders within Europe hinder the assortative matching of workers to firms in a high … productivity estimates and study the ensuing rank correlation to gauge the degree of assortative matching within and across … countries. We find strong evidence for positive assortative matching at the national level, and even more so at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013359032
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Age-specific cyclical effects in job reallocation and labor mobility
Gielen, Anne C. (contributor); Ours, Jan C. van (contributor) - 2005
We present an empirical analysis of job reallocation and labor mobility using matched worker-firm data for the Netherlands to investigate how firms adjust their workforce over the cycle. Our data cover the period 1993-2002. We find that cyclical adjustments of the workforce occur mainly through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003121121
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Labor market effects of unemployment insurance design
Tatsiramos, Konstantinos; Ours, Jan C. van - 2012
With the emergence of the Great Recession unemployment insurance (UI) is once again at the heart of the policy debate. In this paper, we review the recent theoretical and empirical evidence on the labor market effects of UI design. We also discuss policy issues related to UI design, including...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009656641
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The effect of shocks to labour market flows on unemployment and participation rates
Dixon, Robert J.; Lim, Guay C.; Ours, Jan C. van - 2014
This paper presents an analysis of labour market dynamics, in particular of flows in the labour market and how they interact and affect the evolution of unemployment rates and participation rates, the two main indicators of labour market performance. Our analysis has two special features. First,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010360089
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The effect of shocks to labour market flows on unemployment and participation rates
Dixon, Robert J.; Lim, Guay C.; Ours, Jan C. van - 2014
This paper studies collective contests with endogenous cost sharing, general effort costs and intra-group heterogeneity of prize-valuation. Our objective is to clarify the relationship between cost sharing, intra-group heterogeneity within the competing groups and the elasticity of the marginal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010361496
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How Working Time Reduction Affects Employment and Earnings
Raposo, Pedro; Ours, Jan C. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
December 1, 1996 Portugal introduced a new law on working hours which gradually reduced the standard workweek from 44 hours to 40 hours. We study how this mandatory working hours reduction affected employment and earnings of workers involved. We find for workers who were affected by the new law...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761934
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Why Do Worker-Firm Matches Dissolve?
Gielen, Anne C.; Ours, Jan C. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
In a dynamic labor market worker-firm matches dissolve frequently causing workers to separate and firms to look for replacements. A separation may be initiated by the worker (a quit) or the firm (a layoff), or may result from a joint decision. A dissolution of a worker-firm match may be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763852
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Age-Specific Cyclical Effects in Job Reallocation and Labor Mobility
Gielen, Anne C.; Ours, Jan C. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
We present an empirical analysis of job reallocation and labor mobility using matched workerfirm data for the Netherlands to investigate how firms adjust their workforce over the cycle. Our data cover the period 1993-2002. We find that cyclical adjustments of the workforce occur mainly through...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005247705
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Why do worker-firm matches dissolve?
Gielen, Anne C. (contributor); Ours, Jan C. van (contributor) - 2006
In a dynamic labor market worker-firm matches dissolve frequently causing workers to separate and firms to look for replacements. A separation may be initiated by the worker (a quit) or the firm (a layoff), or may result from a joint decision. A dissolution of a worker-firm match may be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003333105