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Job vacancies in Colombia : 1976 - 2012

Álvarez, Andrés; Hofstetter Gascón, Marcel - In: IZA journal of labor & development 3 (2014), pp. 1-11

rates for Colombia for the period 1976 - 2012. The result is the first dataset capturing the evolution of vacancies for … Colombia and the first one covering such a long period for any developing country. We publish the series in the Additional file …

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Recent trends in the youth labor market in Colombia : diagnosis and policy challenges

Ham, Andrés; Maldonado, Darío; Guzmán-Gutiérrez, … - In: IZA journal of labor policy 11 (2021) 1, pp. 1-62

This paper characterizes the labor market of youth in Colombia from 2008 to 2017. We estimate labor market indicators … for individuals aged between 14 and 28 years using microdata from Colombia's household surveys over the study period. Our … policy based on these estimates as well as the critical analysis of recent youth policies in Colombia. …

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Informal unemployment and education

Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Larsen, Birthe - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 5 (2016) 8, pp. 1-36

This paper develops a four-sector equilibrium search and matching model with informal sector employment opportunities and educational choice. We show that underground activities reduce educational attainments if informal employment opportunities mainly are available for low-educated workers. A...

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Changes in labour market transitions in Ireland over the Great Recession: what role for policy?

Bergin, Adele; Kelly, Elish; McGuinness, Séamus - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 4 (2015) 9, pp. 1-18

This paper assesses the impact the Great Recession had on individuals' transitions to and from unemployment in Ireland. The rate of transition from unemployment to employment declined between 2006 and 2011, while the rate from employment to unemployment increased. The results indicate that young...

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The labor market consequences of impatience : some people would be happier if they were required to stay in school longer or search harder for a job while unemployed

Cadena, Brian C. - 2016

Standard economic theory suggests that individuals know best how to make themselves happy. Thus, policies designed to encourage "better" behaviors will only reduce people's happiness. Recently, however, economists have explored the role of impatience, especially difficulties with delaying...

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Self-employment in an equilibrium model of the labor market

Bradley, Jake - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 5 (2016) 6, pp. 1-30

Self-employed workers account for between 8 and 30 % of participants in the labor markets of OECD countries (Blanchower, Self-employment: more may not be better, 2004). This paper develops and estimates a general equilibrium model of the labor market that accounts for this sizable proportion....

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Youth unemployment and employment trajectories in Spain during the Great Recession : what are the determinants?

Verd, Joan Miquel; Barranco, Oriol; Bolíbar, Mireia - In: Journal for labour market research 53 (2019) 4, pp. 1-20

Since the beginning of the recession period in Europe, unemployment has greatly affected the young adult population. In this context, Spain is regarded as an extreme case, due to its exceptionally high youth unemployment rates. This article seeks to identify the determinants that have led...

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Mapping the (mis)match of university degrees in the graduate labor market

Salas-Velasco, Manuel - In: Journal for labour market research 55 (2021) 1, pp. 1-23

This paper contributes to the scarce literature on the topic of horizontal education-job mismatch in the labor market for graduates of universities. Field-of-study mismatch or horizontal mismatch occurs when university graduates, trained in a particular field, work in another field at their...

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The labour market effects of the Polish educational reform of 1999

Drucker, Luca Flóra; Horn, Dániel; Jakubowski, Maciej - In: Journal for labour market research 56 (2022) 1, pp. 1-21

We estimate the effect of the 1999 education reform in Poland on employment and earnings. The 1999 education reform in Poland replaced the previous 8 years of general and 3/4/5 years of tracked secondary education with 9 years of general and 3/3/4 years of tracked upper-secondary education. The...

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Labour market fluidity and employment outcomes in Colombia : evidence from employer-employee linked data

Morales, Leonardo Fabio; Medina G., Daniel - In: CEPAL review (2019) 127, pp. 109-130

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