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Coworkers, networks, and job search outcomes : conference paper
Saygın, Perihan Özge; Weber, Andrea; Weynandt, Michèle - 2014 - Preliminary and incomplete
Social networks are an important channel of information transmission in the labor market. In this paper investigate how … theoretical and empirical literature we find that the employment status networks members matters for the job finding rate. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488548
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Effect of past coworkers on job search evidence from Austria : conference paper
Saygin, Perihan; Weber, Andrea; Weynandt, Michèle - 2013
This paper evaluates the strength of information flow from employed past coworkers on the re-employment duration of displaced workers due to plant closures in Austria. Using the Austrian Social Security Database (a matched employer-employee database) we exploit the panel structure of 36 years of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010342839
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Choice and success of job search methods
Weber, Andrea; Mahringer, Helmut - 2002
Job seekers can influence the arrival rate of job offers by the choice of search effort and the search methods they use. In this paper we empirically investigate the contribution of the use of different search methods on the outcome of search. Using unique data on the search behaviour of job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292778
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Coworkers, networks, and job search outcomes
Saygın, Perihan Özge; Weber, Andrea; Weynandt, Michèle - 2014
Social networks are an important channel of information transmission in the labor market. This paper studies the … mechanisms by which social networks have an impact on labor market outcomes of displaced workers. We base our analysis on … administrative records for the universe of private sector employment in Austria where we define work-related networks formed by past …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346046
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Choice and success of job search methods
Weber, Andrea; Mahringer, Helmut - 2002
Job seekers can influence the arrival rate of job offers by the choice of search effort and the search methods they use. In this paper we empirically investigate the contribution of the use of different search methods on the outcome of search. Using unique data on the search behaviour of job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009725482
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Active job-search programs a promising tool? : a microeconometric evaluation for Austria
Weber, Andrea; Hofer, Helmut - 2003
In Austria active job-search programs were introduced on a large scale in 1999. These programs aim at activating unemployed at an early stage and bringing them back to work by training job-search related skills. We evaluate the impact of active labour market programs in Austria on individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009726810
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Coworkers, networks, and job search outcomes
Saygin, Perihan Ozge; Weber, Andrea; Weynandt, Michèle A. - 2014
Social networks are an important channel of information transmission in the labor market. This paper studies the … mechanisms by which social networks have an impact on labor market outcomes of displaced workers. We base our analysis on … administrative records for the universe of private sector employment in Austria where we define work-related networks formed by past …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010355702
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The Spike at Benefit Exhaustion : Leaving the Unemployment System or Starting a New Job?
Card, David - 2007
In this paper, we review the literature on the quot;spikequot; in unemployment exit rates around benefit exhaustion, and present new evidence based on administrative data for a large sample of job losers in Austria. We find that the way unemployment spells are measured has a large effect on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777594
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Coworkers, Networks, and Job Search Outcomes
Saygin, Perihan - 2014
Social networks are an important channel of information transmission in the labor market. This paper studies the … mechanisms by which social networks have an impact on labor market outcomes of displaced workers. We base our analysis on … administrative records for the universe of private sector employment in Austria where we define work-related networks formed by past …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013053445
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Choice and Success of Job Search Methods
Weber, Andrea; Mahringer, Helmut - 2021
Job seekers can influence the arrival rate of job offers by the choice of search effort and the search methods they use. In this paper we empirically investigate the contribution of the use of different search methods on the outcome of search. We use unique data on the search behavior of job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318032