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The role of social work norms in job searching and subjective well-being
Stutzer, Alois; Lalive, Rafael - 2003 - revised December 2003
Social norms are usually neglected in economics, because they are to a large extent enforced through non-market interactions and difficult to isolate empirically. In this paper, we offer a direct measure of the social norm to work and we show that this norm has important economic effects. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401423
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The Search for Good Jobs : Evidence from a Six-year Field Experiment in Uganda
Bandiera, Oriana; Bassi, Vittorio; Burgess, Robin; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
There are 420 million young people in Africa today. Understanding how youth search for jobs and what affects their ability to find good jobs is of paramount importance. We do so using a field experiment tracking young job seekers for six years in Uganda's main cities. We examine how two standard...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014337802
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Job training and job search assistance policies in developing countries
Carranza Noguera, Eliana; McKenzie, David J. - 2023
Governments around the developing world face pressure to intervene actively to help jobseekers find employment. Two of the most common policies used are job training, based on the idea that many of those seeking jobs lack the skills employers want, and job search assistance, based on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014419272
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The Role of Social Work Norms in Job Searching and Subjective Well-Being
Stutzer, Alois; Lalive, Rafael - 2001
Social norms are usually neglected in economics, because they are to a large extent enforced through non-market interactions and difficult to isolate empirically. In this paper, we offer a direct measure of the social norm to work and we show that this norm has important economic effects. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262506
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Ethnicity, job search and labor market reintegration of the unemployed
Constant, Amelie F.; Kahanec, Martin; Rinne, Ulf; … - 2009
This paper is based on recently collected and rich survey data of a representative sample of entrants into unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269464
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Ethnicity, job search and labor market reintegration of the unemployed
Constant, Amelie; Kahanec, Martin; Rinne, Ulf; … - 2009
This paper is based on recently collected and rich survey data of a representative sample of entrants into unemployment …. -- Migration ; ethnicity ; ethnic identity ; ethnosizer ; unemployment ; job search ; reservation wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003931980
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Ethnicity, job search and labor market reintegration of the unemployed
Constant, Amelie; Kahanec, Martin; Rinne, Ulf; … - 2009
This paper is based on recently collected and rich survey data of a representative sample of entrants into unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003916430
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A search and matching approach to business-cycle migration in the euro area
Clemens, Marius; Hart, Janine - 2019
Recently migration patterns in the euro area changed markedly in response to increasing unemployment disparities. This … business-cycle related fluctuations in net migration flows and the crucial role of unemployment and vacancies in shaping …-cycle migration. In this model unemployment arises from search and matching frictions. We endogenize migration via the unemployed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012317568
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Ethnicity, Job Search and Labor Market Reintegration of the Unemployed
Constant, Amelie F.; Kahanec, Martin; Rinne, Ulf; … - 2010
This paper is based on recently collected and rich survey data of a representative sample of entrants into unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014195974
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Ethnicity, Job Search and Labor Market Reintegration of the Unemployed
Constant, Amelie F. - 2009
This paper is based on recently collected and rich survey data of a representative sample of entrants into unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013152952