chances of employment. Patients were compared with the general population. Patients (N=314) were classified by type of surgery …. Controls (N=1165) consisted of a 10% random sample drawn from the German Socio-Economic Panel. Chances of full- time employment … decreased as disease severity increased. Chances of part- time and minor employment were higher in patients than among controls …

Analyzing gender gaps of unemployed job-seekers, this study uniquely complements the broad literature focussing … predominantly on gender gaps of employed workers. I consider a broad range of labor market outcomes, and disentangle the factors … disparities including differences of local employment offices, which are assigned to place unemployed job-seekers, are of minor …