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Exploring Okun's Law Asymmetry : An Endogenous Threshold Lstr Approach

Christopoulos, Dimitris - 2020

-related variables accounts for changes (rises) in the Okun's parameter in the US in recent decades. Accordingly, the unemployment gap is …

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Occupational Routine-Intensity and the Costs of Job Loss : Evidence from Mass Layoffs

Blien, Uwe - 2020

This paper analyses how differences in the degree of occupational routine-intensity affect the costs of job loss. We use worker-level data on mass layoffs in Germany between 1980 and 2010 and provide causal evidence that workers who used to be employed in more routine-intensive occupations...

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Policy evaluation: labour market liberalization, unemployment and second home construction : evidence from Switzerland

Stricker, Luzius - 2020

This thesis is composed of three different chapters focusing on labour market policies, unemployment and the …-in-difference study. The second chapter is dedicated to the effects of the partial revision of the unemployment insurance law, examining … in a synthetic control method the effects of a shorter insurance benefit period on unemployment. The last part focuses on …

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Job loss and food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic

Milovanska-Farrington, Stefani - 2021

Nutritious eating habits contribute to a stronger immune system necessary for prevention and easier recovery from illnesses. A job loss, experienced by millions of Americans during the Covid-19 pandemic, is expected to negatively affect food security of families. This research explores the...

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