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-2007. Moreover, the results suggested that unemployment bore an association with occupational access constraints and wage sorting in … toward gay men. A one standard deviation increase in taste-discrimination attitudes against gay men decreased their access to … occupations by 9.6%. Furthermore, a one standard deviation increase in statistical-discrimination attitudes against gay men …
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estimate the effects of the program. The results suggest that the program increased transitions from unemployment to work …
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previous jobs, and thus much more than they get in unemployment benefits. However, our results also show that some groups, such … demands may contribute to high unemployment. …
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We develop a model of directed technological change, frictional unemployment and migration to examine the effects of a …, an increase in the skill ratio can reduce the relative unemployment rate of skilled workers and decrease the relative …
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immigration, low-skilled unemployment, and mediumskill downgrading, ii) the increase in low skill intensive service jobs. The … workers decreases the low-skilled unemployment rate under endogenous benefits; (ii) migration of only medium skilled labor has …
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total population. The rapid increase in unemployment associated with the Great Recession and the subsequent European debt … outflows. In this paper, we take on three tasks. First, we show that sensitivity of migration flows to unemployment is similar … emigration rates growing, thus counterbalancing the effects of outflows due to the recent fall in the unemployment rate. …
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monthly transitions among employment, unemployment, and nonparticipation. Immigrants are found to be first fired and first … hired over the business cycle, and the aggregate unemployment gap is caused by immigrants' higher rates in the unemployment …-skilled immigrants are more vulnerable to the business cycle. Tests of the structural changes from the 2007-2009 Great Recession show …
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This study estimates the labor market effects of a work-first policy that aimed at speeding up the labor market integration of refugees. The policy added new requirements for refugees to actively search for jobs and to participate in on-the-job training immediately upon arrival in the host...
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immigration, low-skilled unemployment and medium-skilled over-qualification, ii) the polarization effect where both low- and high … migration-induced supply shock of medium-skilled workers decreases the low-skilled unemployment rate because of the endogenous …
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natives and second generation migrants. We analyze an inflow sample into unemployment in Germany, and find differences between … employment probability about two months after unemployment entry. We observe a significantly lower employment probability for …
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