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We use data about job search and work preferences, typically collected in a Labour Force Survey, in order to construct an indicator of .choosiness. of the supply of job-seekers. The method for obtaining the indicator, first at individual level and then at aggregate levels, is based on results...
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unemployment. The traditional search model predicts that more risk-averse individuals have lower reservation wages and thus are … less likely to be observed in unemployment. Our findings, however, do not support this prediction: on the contrary our data …
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We use data about job search and work preferences, typically collected in a Labour Force Survey, in order to construct an indicator of 'choosiness' of the supply of job-seekers. The method for obtaining the indicator, first at individual level and then at aggregate levels, is based on results...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319982
among unemployed people in the South of Italy, despite persistent unemployment in this area, has so far strengthened the … belief that Southern unemployment has a strong voluntary component. In this paper we re-examine this issue in the light of …
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Italy's labour market suffers from a serious pathology, in addition to the increasing precariousness of the young workforce common to all EU member countries: flows from regular employment to non-employment are very often dead-ends. A vast number of young individuals who lose their job only a...
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wages and the local unemployment rate - within a number of occupations. It exploits the Bank of Italy’s Household Survey and …
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transitions of workers with secondary and higher education. We focus on transitions from employment to unemployment and on job … Survey on Labour Participation and Unemployment (PLUS), we calculate three measures of vertical mismatch. This allows … unemployment risk, through a Routine Task Index (RTI) calculated on Italian data. Results indicate that mismatched workers are at …
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This paper examines whether immigrants increase the likelihood of unemployment among native-born workers in the …-born workers' assessment of the number of immigrants in the local market. By doing so, the association between unemployment of … immigrants and unemployment among native-born workers. …
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This paper examines whether immigrants increase the likelihood of unemployment among native-born workers in the …-born workers' assessment of the number of immigrants in the local market. By doing so, the association between unemployment of … immigrants and unemployment among native-born workers. …
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Using German panel data, we assess the causal effect of job loss, and thus of an extensive income shock, on risk attitude. In line with predictions of expected utility reasoning about absolute risk aversion, losing oneś job reduces the willingness to take risks. This effect strengthens in...
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