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Disaggregate Matching Functions
Fahr, René; Sunde, Uwe - 2001
This paper deals with empirical matching functions. The paper is innovative in several ways. First, unlike in most of the existing literature, matching functions are estimated not only on aggregate, but also on disaggregate levels which is unusual due to the scarcity of appropriate data....
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The current economic and financial crisis: a gender perspective
Antonopoulos, Rania - 2009
Widespread economic recessions and protracted financial crises have been documented as setting back gender equality and other development goals in the past. In the midst of the current global crisisoften referred to as the Great Recession"there is grave concern that progress made in poverty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010266534
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How important are labor market institutions for labor market performance in transition countries?
Lehmann, Hartmut; Muravyev, Alexander - 2009
This paper offers a first comprehensive study of the relationship between labor market institutions and policies and … documents the evolution of labor market institutions and policies in the transition region. The data show a clear trend towards … test several predictions concerning the role of institutions and polices in explaining labor market outcomes. The results …
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The macroeconomics of the labor market: Three fundamental views
Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Héctor; Snower, Dennis J. - 2007
We distinguish and assess three fundamental views of the labor market regarding the movements in unemployment: (i) the … that all the short-run fluctuations automatically turn into long-run changes in the unemployment rate. We assert the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276418
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The macroeconomics of the labor market: Three fundamental views
Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Héctor; Snower, Dennis J. - 2006
We distinguish and assess three fundamental views of the labor market regarding the movements in unemployment: (i) the … that all the short-run fluctuations automatically turn into long-run changes in the unemployment rate. We assert the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276421
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The macroeconomics of the labor market: three fundamental views
Karanassou, Marika; Sala, Héctor; Snower, Dennis J. - 2007
that all the shortrun fluctuations automatically turn into long-run changes in the unemployment rate. We assert the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281021
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An analysis of youth unemployment in the euro area
Gomez-Salvador, Ramon; Leiner-Killinger, Nadine - 2008
The paper starts by presenting some stylised facts on youth unemployment over the last two decades, both at the euro … area and the country level. It shows that despite declining considerably over the last few years, youth unemployment has … relationship between the share of young people in the total population and the youth unemployment rate, i.e. the smaller the share …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011606241
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Asymmetric labor force participation decisions over the business cycle: Evidence from US microdata
Hotchkiss, Julie L.; Robertson, John C. - 2006
unemployment rates. Using U.S. data, we find that individual labor force participation responds asymmetrically to changes in local … labor market conditions, consistent with the pattern of movements in the aggregate unemployment rate. Differences in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292322
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Descriptive Evidence on Labor Market Transitions and the Wage Structure in Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Garloff, Alfred - 2005
Equilibrium search theory suggests that the wage distribution in a cross section of workers is closely related to labor market transitions and associated wage changes. Accordingly, job?to?job transitions are central in explaining the wage distribution. This paper uses the IAB employment...
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Flexibilität der qualifikatorischen Lohnstruktur und Lastverteilung der Arbeitslosigkeit: Eine ökonometrische Analyse für Westdeutschland
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Franz, Wolfgang - 1997
Dieser Beitrag nimmt aus theoretischer und ökonometrischer Sicht zu der Kontroverse über die Bedeutung der qualifikatorischen Lohnstruktur zur Erklärung der Beschäftigungsstruktur Stellung. Basierend auf einer Einteilung in drei Qualifikationsgruppen zeigt sich empirisch, dass die Entlohnung...
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