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The Beveridge curve and labour market flows : a reinterpretation
Gottfries, Nils; Stadin, Karolina - 2019
According to search-matching theory, the Beveridge curve slopes downward because vacancies are filled more quickly when unemployment is high. Using monthly panel data for local labour markets in Sweden we find no (or only weak) evidence that high unemployment makes it easier to fill vacancies....
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How substitutable are workers? : evidence from worker deaths
Jäger, Simon; Heining, Jörg - 2022
We estimate how exogenous worker exits affect firms' demand for incumbent workers and new hires. Drawing on administrative data from Germany, we analyze 34,000 unexpected worker deaths, which, on average, raise the remaining workers' wages and retention probabilities. The average effect masks...
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How substitutable are workers? : evidence from worker deaths
Jäger, Simon; Heining, Jörg - 2022
We estimate how exogenous worker exits affect firms' demand for incumbent workers and new hires. Drawing on administrative data from Germany, we analyze 34,000 unexpected worker deaths, which, on average, raise the remaining workers' wages and retention probabilities. The average effect masks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013454899
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The unequal cost of job loss across countries
Bertheau, Antoine; Acabbi, Edoardo; Barceló, Cristina; … - 2022
We document the consequences of losing a job across countries using a harmonized research design. Workers in Denmark and Sweden experience the lowest earnings declines following job displacement, while workers in Italy, Spain, and Portugal experience losses three times as high. French and...
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Comparisons and Contrasts of the Impact of the Crisis on Euro Area Labour Markets
Anderton, Robert - 2015
The global financial and economic crisis – including two euro area recessions in 2008-2009 and 2011-2013 – has had a heavy impact on euro area labour markets. A notable feature throughout the crisis has been the considerable degree of cross-country heterogeneity of labour market adjustments...
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Job displacement costs of phasing out coal
Rud, Juan Pablo; Simmons, Michael; Toews, Gerhard; … - 2022
The reduction of carbon emissions will require a rapid phasing out of coal and the displacement of millions of coal miners. How much could this energy transition cost mining workers? We use the dramatic collapse of the UK coal industry to estimate the long-term impact on displaced miners. We...
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Immigration, social networks, and occupational mismatch
Alaverdyan, Sevak; Zaharieva, Anna - 2019
via social networks is the most frequent single channel of generating jobs in Germany; in relative terms referrals are … mismatch among immigrants. Finally, we document that the gaps in the incidence of referrals and mismatch rates are reduced …
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Immigration, social networks and occupational mismatch
Alaverdyan, Sevak; Zaharieva, Anna - 2019
via social networks is the most frequent single channel of generating jobs in Germany; in relative terms referrals are … mismatch among immigrants. Finally, we document that the gaps in the incidence of referrals and mismatch rates are reduced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012009893
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Double matching : social contacts in a labour market with on-the-job search ; conference paper
Zaharieva, Anna - 2013
This paper develops a labour market matching model with heterogeneous firms, on-thejob search and referrals. Social … positive effect of referrals on reservation wages. At the same time, employees accept job offers from more productive employers … lower than the average productivity in the market. This is a negative selection effect of referrals on wages. In the …
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Networks and youth labor market entry
Hensvik, Lena; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2013
The paper provides an overview of existing knowledge regarding the role played by social networks in the process where young workers are matched to employing firms. We discuss standard theories of why social networks may be an important element in the job-matching process and survey the...
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