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Petrongolo, Barbara; Pissarides, Christoper A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

Reduced-form tests of scale effects in markets with search, run when aggregate matching functions are estimated, may miss important scale effects at the micro level, because of the reactions of job searchers. A semi-structural model is developed and estimated on a British sample, testing for...

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The Aggregate Labour Market Effects of the Swedish Knowledge Lift Program

Albrecht, James; den Berg, Gerard J van; Vroman, Susan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift (1997--2002) was unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of large numbers of low-skill workers. This paper evaluates the potential effects of this program on aggregate labour market outcomes. This is...

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They seek it here, they seek it there, they seek it everywhere. But where is employment found?

Boman, Anders - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2008

search geographically do have a higher probability of escaping unemployment. However, this positive effect is not only … likelihood of escaping unemployment, but mainly differences in unobservable characteristics between those who choose to use a …

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Scale Effects in Markets with Search

Petrongolo, Barbara; Pissarides, Christopher A. - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2003

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How Broadband Internet Affects Labor Market Matching

Bhuller, Manudeep; Kostol, Andreas R.; Vigtel, Trond C. - 2019

unemployment-spell. Consequently, our calculations suggest that the steady-state unemployment rate fell by as much as one-fifth. …

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How Broadband Internet Affects Labor Market Matching

Bhuller, Manudeep; Kostol, Andreas Ravndal; Vigtel, … - 2020

unemployment-spell. Consequently, our calculations suggest that the steady-state unemployment rate fell by as much as one-fifth. …

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The impact of monitoring and sanctioning on unemployment exit and job-finding rates : job search monitoring and benefit sanctions generally reduce unemployment duration and boost e...

McVicar, Duncan - 2014

Unemployment benefits often reduce incentives to search for a job. Policymakers have responded to this behaviour by … setting minimum job search requirements, by monitoring to check that unemployment benefit recipients are engaged in the … search monitoring and benefit sanctions reduce unemployment duration and increase job entry in the short term. There is some …

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Can subsidized employment tackle long-term unemployment? : experimental evidence from North Macedonia

Armand, Alex; Carneiro, Pedro; Tagliati, Federico; Xia, … - 2020

This paper examines the impact of an experiment in North Macedonia in which vulnerable unemployed individuals applying to a subsidized employment program were randomly selected to attend job interviews. Employers hiring a new employee from the target population receive a subsidy covering the...

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Internet job search and unemployment durations

Kuhn, Peter Joseph; Skuterud, Mikal - 2002

negatively selected on unobservables. A beneficial (unemployment-duration reducing) causal effect of internet job search is …

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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...

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