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Industrial decline and labor reallocation in a transforming economy : Romania in early transition
Earle, John S. - In: IZA journal of labor & development 1 (2012), pp. 1-18
with significant heterogeneity across sectors. Workers leaving jobs in industry have a variety of destinations: jobs in …, but not to agriculture. Workers with primary and vocational education have the highest probability of becoming unemployed … education). Compared with workers in state-owned companies, workers from the private sector, especially from enterprises of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009685011
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Understanding declining fluidity in the U.S. labor market
Molloy, Raven S.; Smith, Christopher L.; Trezzi, Riccardo; … - 2016
We document a clear downward trend in labor market fluidity that is common across a variety of measures of worker and job turnover. This trend dates to at least the early 1980s if not somewhat earlier. Next we pull together evidence on a variety of hypotheses that might explain this downward...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011499762
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An analysis of the processes of labour market exclusion and (re-) inclusion
Rosholm, Michael - 2001
In this paper we analyze the processes of labour market exclusion and (re-) inclusion, using a Danish register … unemployment and labour market exclusion. The main findings of the study are that low levels of education and working experience … are associated with an increased risk of labour market exclusion. However, for the labour market (re-) inclusion process …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403006
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The dynamics of job creation and destruction for university graduates : why a rising unemployment rate can be misleading
Cardoso, Ana Rute; Ferreira, Priscila - 2002
creation and job destruction for university graduates, compared to other groups of workers. We find that the unemployment rate … employers are no longer keen on recruiting newly graduate workers, does not find support in the empirical evidence for the …
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Beating the Odds : Impact of the Economic Recession on Young People in the UK
Duckworth, Kathryn - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013130122
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Aggregate Earnings and Macroeconomic Shocks : The Role of Labour Market Policies and Institutions
Bassanini, Andrea - 2012
I examine the effect of labour market policies and institutions on the transmission of macroeconomic shocks to the … labour market, using both aggregate and industry-level annual data for 23 OECD countries, 23 business-sector industries and … up to 29 years. I find that high and progressive labour taxes and generous unemployment benefits amplify labour income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099104
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Labor Force Participation of Married Women in Turkey : Is There an Added or a Discouraged Worker Effect?
Karaoglan, Deniz - 2012
This article analyzes married women's labor supply responses to their husbands' job loss (added worker effect) and worsening of unemployment conditions (discouraged worker effect). We find that married women whose husbands are unemployed or underemployed are more likely to participate in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013104952
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Net Job Creation in the U.S. Economy : Lessons from Monthly Data, 1950-2011
Abo-Zaid, Salem M. - 2014
This paper studies the monthly net job creation (NJC) at the aggregate and the sectoral levels in the U.S. over the period 1950-2011. The paper has few important findings. First, NJC did not show a significant trend over the last six decades, which led to a fall in the NJC rate. Second, NJC was...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013066058
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Transitions in Labour Market Status in the EU
Ward-Warmedinger, Melanie E. - 2013
This paper presents information on labour market mobility in 23 EU countries, using Eurostat's Labour Force Survey (LFS …) data over the period 1998-2008. More specifically, it discusses alternative measures of labour market churning; including … that the probability of remaining in the same labour market status between two consecutive periods is high for all …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071415
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Transitions in Labour Market Status in the European Union
Ward-Warmedinger, Melanie E. - 2013
This paper presents information on labour market mobility in 23 EU countries, using Eurostat's Labour Force Survey (LFS …) data over the period 1998-2008. More specifically, it discusses alternative measures of labour market churning; including … that the probability of remaining in the same labour market status between two consecutive periods is high for all …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013073412