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Selective firing and lemons
Weynandt, Michèle - 2014
This paper uses the Austrian Social Security Register (ASSD) to explore what information firms infer from the three common types of displacement: individual layoffs, individuals displaced due to a closure and individuals displaced due to a mass layoff. I bring together two strands of the...
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How did the COVID-19 crisis affect different types of workers in the developing world?
Kugler, Maurice; Viollaz, Mariana; Duque, Daniel; … - 2021
This paper investigates the impacts of the economic shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic on the employment of … countries suggest that following the initial shock at the start of the pandemic, employment rates partially recovered between …
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Who's hit hardest? : the persistence of the employment shock by the COVID-19 crisis
Han, Joseph - In: KDI-journal of economic policy 43 (2021) 2, pp. 23-51
The persistence of the employment shock by COVID-19 has various policy implications during the pandemic and beyond it … results show that while face-to-face services were undoubtedly hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis, the sectoral shock was less … suggest that targeted measures to mitigate the persistent effects of the employment shock should take priority during the …
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Gender gaps from labor market shocks
Ivandic, Ria; Lassen, Anne Sophie - 2023
Job loss leads to persistent adverse labor market outcomes, but assessments of gender differences in labor market recovery are lacking. We utilize plant closures in Denmark to estimate gender gaps in labor market outcomes and document that women face an increased risk of unemployment and lose a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014333353
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Hiring and firing costs, adverse selection and long-term unemployment
Kugler, Adriana D.; Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2000
In this paper, we present a matching model with adverse selection that explains why flows into and out of unemployment are much lower in Europe compared to North America, while employment-to-employment flows are similar in the two continents. In the model, firms use discretion in terms of whom...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325985
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Hiring and Firing Costs, Adverse Selection, and Long-Term Unemployment
Kugler, Adriana D.; Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2000
In this paper, we present a matching model with adverse selection that explains why flows into and out of unemployment are much lower in Europe compared to North America, while employment-to-employment flows are similar in the two continents. In the model, firms use discretion in terms of whom...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014161382
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The heterogeneous labor market impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic
Matias, Guido; Forsythe, Eliza C. - 2020
We study the distributional consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic's impacts on employment. Using CPS data on stocks and flows, we show that the pandemic has exacerbated pre-existing inequalities. Although employment losses have been widespread, they have been substantially larger in lower-paying...
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Labour market shocks during the COVID-19 pandemic, inequalities and child outcomes
Hupkau, Claudia; Isphording, Ingo Eduard; Machin, Stephen; … - 2020
We study the effect of negative labour market shocks borne by parents during the Covid-19 crisis on resource and time investments in children and the channels through which negative labour market shocks experienced by parents might affect children. Using data collected in the UK before and...
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Canadian labour market dynamics during COVID-19
Jones, Stephen R. G.; Lange, Fabian; Riddell, William Craig - 2021
The Canadian labour market experienced a period of unprecedented turmoil following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. We analyze the main changes using standard labour force statistics and new data on job postings. Envisaging a phase of temporary severing of employment relationships followed by...
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Job search during the covid-19 crisis
Hensvik, Lena; Le Barbanchon, Thomas; Rathelot, Roland - 2021
changes in vacancies would predict. Overall, these job search responses have the potential to amplify the labour demand shock. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419555