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Policy discontinuity and duration outcomes
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Bozio, Antoine; Dias, Mónica Costa - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 11 (2020) 3, pp. 871-916
Causal effects of a policy change on hazard rates of a duration outcome variable are not identified from a comparison of spells before and after the policy change if there is unobserved heterogeneity in the effects and no model structure is imposed. We develop a discontinuity approach that...
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Comparabilidad y ajustes metodológicos de las estadísticas laborales : el caso de la tasa de desempleo en Ecuador
Castillo, José Gabriel; Salas, Carla María - In: Estudios de economía 45 (2018) 1, pp. 113-145
The national statistical institutes face permanently the need to reform and update the statistical criteria and instruments for labor market analysis, as well as to adapt international recommendations for measurement. These processes pose important challenges regarding the comparability of...
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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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Advanced further training or dual higher education study : a choice experiment on the influence of employers' preferences on career advancement
Maier, Tobias - In: Journal for labour market research 56 (2022) 1, pp. 1-15
Although the number of graduates with a bachelor's degree has risen over recent years, little information is available as to which position such persons hold within an establishment and whether they compete on the career ladder with persons from the vocational sector with advanced further...
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The interplay of corruption, human capital, and unemployment in Indonesia : implications for economic development
Triatmanto, Boge; Bawono, Suryaning - In: Journal of economic criminology 2 (2023), pp. 1-9
This study was conducted by examining the interrelationships between Corruption, Human Resources, and Unemployment in Indonesia. We use data sourced from the World Bank and Transparency International with the period used from 1996 to 2021. This study aims to examine the relationship that exists...
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The costs of early school leaving in Europe
Brunello, Giorgio; De Paola, Maria - In: IZA journal of labor policy 3 (2014), pp. 1-31
The reduction of early school leaving to less than 10 percent of the relevant population by 2020 is a headline target in the Europe 2020 strategy and one of the five benchmarks of the strategic framework for European cooperation in education and training. Designing adequate policies to combat...
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Discouraged worker effect and labor market behavior of urban married women
Tayal, Deeksha; Paul, Sourabh Bikas - In: Asian development review : studies of Asian and pacific … 38 (2021) 2, pp. 93-122
women from participating in the labor market and the prevalence of underemployment, in terms of overqualification by …
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Overeducation at the start of the career : stepping stone or trap?
Baert, Stijn; Cockx, Bart; Verhaest, Dieter - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 25 (2013), pp. 123-140
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Overqualification of graduates : assessing the role of family background
Erdsiek, Daniel - In: Journal for labour market research 49 (2016) 3, pp. 253-268
Overqualification signals a mismatch between jobs’ educational requirements and workers’ qualifications implying … status families are found to be less likely to be overqualified. The unconditional social overqualification gap amounts to 7 ….4 percentage points. Blinder-Oaxaca decompositions of the overqualification gap show that differences in ability and skills, study …
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Internship contracts in Spain : a stepping stone or a hurdle towards job stability?
Rica, Sara de la; Gorjón, Lucía - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 13 (2022) 1, pp. 51-100
Internship contracts (ICs) were designed as a stepping stone for educated young workers to develop their professional skills upon graduation. Such contracts incentivise employment creation, as firms benefit from lower wages and tax reductions, but at the same time, firms are expected to develop...
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