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Reservation wages, offered wages, and unemployment duration : new empirical evidence
Christensen, Björn - 2002
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Reservation wages, offered wages, and unemployment duration : new empirical evidence
Christensen, Björn - 2002
, whereby special focus is placed on unemployment duration. The results of the study indicate that in contrast to reservation … wages, offered wages decline considerably with duration of unemployment. This is the main reason that ratios of reservation … wages to offered wages increase rapidly with duration of unemployment; on average, reservation wages begin to exceed offered …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011474648
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Assessing the "Choosiness" of job seekers : an exploratory approach and evidence for Italy
Trivellato, Ugo; Giraldo, Anna - 2003
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/10011507778
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Measuring heterogeneity in job finding rates among the nonemployed using labor force status histories
Kudlyak, Marianna; Lange, Fabian - 2014
We use a novel approach to studying the heterogeneity in the job finding rates of the nonemployed by classifying the nonemployed by labor force status (LFS) histories, instead of using only one-month LFS. Job finding rates differ substantially across LFS histories: they are 25-30% among those...
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Empirical evaluation of broader job search requirements for unemployed workers
Klaauw, Bas van der; Vethaak, Heike - 2022
This paper analyses data from a large-scale field experiment where unemployed workers were randomly assigned to an additional caseworker meeting with the purpose to impose a broader job search strategy. We find that the meeting significantly increases job finding and is cost effective. However,...
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Occupation-specific matching efficiency
Dengler, Katharina; Stops, Michael; Vicari, Basha - 2016
Based on rich administrative data from Germany, we address the differences in occupation specific job-matching processes where an occupation consists of jobs that share extensive commonalities in their required skills and tasks. These differences can be explained by the degree of standardization...
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Engineering an incentive to search for work : a comparison groups approach
Stark, Oded; Jakubek, Marcin; Kobus, Martyna - 2015
Social comparisons are important in the employment sphere. A "culture of unemployment" may evolve and prevail because … group. We advance the idea that by making the receipt of unemployment benefits conditional on engagement in an incentive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010520356
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Blame the parents? : how financial incentives affect labor supply and job quality for young adults
Fradkin, Andrey; Panier, Frédéric; Tojerow, Ilan - 2015
Young adults entering the labor force typically have little access to unemployment insurance or other formal insurance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011317635
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Reemployment and substitution effects from increased activation : evidence from times of crisis
Martins, Pedro S.; Pessoa e Costa, Sofia - 2014
unemployment, there is little comprehensive evidence about the effects of activation during recessions. Here we evaluate a large … activation programme introduced in Portugal in 2012, a time of very high unemployment. This programme required specific … unemployment benefit recipients to meet jobcentre caseworkers and then participate in active labour market policies. Our analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010423758
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Job Search During the COVID-19 Crisis
Hensvik, Lena - 2020
This paper measures the job-search responses to the COVID-19 pandemic using realtime data on vacancy postings and ad views on Sweden's largest online job board. First, the labour demand shock in Sweden is as large as in the US, and affects industries and occupations heterogeneously. Second, the...
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