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We use a novel dataset and research design to empirically detect the effect of social interactions among neighbors on labor market outcomes. Specifically, using Census data that characterize residential and employment locations down to the city block, we examine whether individuals residing in...
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This paper proposes a non-pecuniary measure of career achievement, Seniority. Based on a database of over 5 million resumes, this metric exploits the variation in job titles and how long they take to attain. When non-monetary factors influence career choice, inference benefits from the use of...
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covering the development on an aggregate level. Estimations to shed light on the relation between unemployment and labour force … years. However, the impact of this development on unemployment is rather limited. …
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Scholars have been examining the relationship between fertility and unemployment for more than a century. Most studies … find that fertility falls with unemployment in the short run, but it is not known whether these negative effects persist … period 1975 to 2010, we analyze both the short and long-run effects of unemployment on fertility. We follow fixed cohorts of …
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business background (CEO governors), focusing on income growth, unemployment, private investment, and income inequality … private capital stock, and a 0.6 percentage points lower unemployment rate than are the tenures of non-CEO governors. Income …
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We present experimental evidence on the effects of four U.S. reemployment programs for youth Unemployment Insurance (UI …
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effects, we analyze the determinants of reemployment probabilities of young workers in the U.S. from 1978-1989. We find … considerable changes in the chances of young workers finding jobs over the business cycle despite the fact that personal … average re-employment probabilities. Living in an area with high local unemployment reduces re-employment chances as does …
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This paper combines matching frictions with e¢ ciency wages to deter shirking in a model that is estimated for the USA and the UK to derive the underlying structural parameters. Methods robust to weak instruments are used to show that, for both countries, both matching frictions and efficiency...
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, lost health insurance due to a higher unemployment rate alone during the 2007-09 recession. We conclude with a discussion …This paper investigates the impact of the macroeconomy on the health insurance coverage of Americans using panel data … 2007-09. We find that a one percentage point increase in the state unemployment rate is associated with a 1.67 percentage …
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