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A field experiment on labor market speeddates for unemployed workers
Klaauw, Bas van der; Ziegler, Lennart - 2019
We conduct a field experiment to evaluate the effectiveness of labor market speeddates where unemployed workers meet …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011978388
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Sexual orientation discrimination in the labor market against gay men
Drydakis, Nick - 2021
The study replicates the first European field experiment on gay men's labor market prospects in Greece. Utilizing the …-2007. Moreover, the results suggested that unemployment bore an association with occupational access constraints and wage sorting in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012607746
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Involuntary Unemployment and the Labor Market Returns to Interim Jobs
Schmidpeter, Bernhard - 2018
I investigate the wage and employment effects of taking up interim jobs after displacement. Proposing a novel approach, I decompose the wage losses along the distribution into a channel due to the take up of interim employment and a channel which accounts for all other factors. I find that being...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012932635
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Sexual orientation discrimination in the labor market against gay men
Drydakis, Nick - 2021
The study replicates the first European field experiment on gay men's labor market prospects in Greece. Utilizing the …-2007. Moreover, the results suggested that unemployment bore an association with occupational access constraints and wage sorting in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012604711
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Empirical evaluation of broader job search requirements for unemployed workers
Klaauw, Bas van der; Vethaak, Heike - 2022
This paper analyses data from a large-scale field experiment where unemployed workers were randomly assigned to an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013448678
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The impact of employer discrimination on female labor market outcomes : experimental evidence from Tunisia
Alaref, Jumana; Towfighian, Samira Nikaein; Paez, Gustavo N. - 2020
and investigated in different settings. Using a field experiment, this paper examines the presence and magnitude of gender … unemployment in the country …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012297473
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Empirical evaluation of broader job search requirements for unemployed workers
Klaauw, Bas van der; Vethaak, Heike - 2022
This paper analyses data from a large-scale field experiment where unemployed workers were randomly assigned to an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013429219
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Public-sector employment in an equilibrium search and matching model
Albrecht, James W.; Robayo-Abril, Monica; Vroman, Susan B. - 2017
We extend the Diamond-Mortensen-Pissarides model of equilibrium unemployment to incorporate public-sector employment … unemployment rate, on the division of employment between the private and public sectors, and on the distributions of wages in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596110
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The self-employment option in rigid labor markets : an empirical investigation
Garcia-Cabo, Joaquin; Madera, Rocio - 2019
workers’ outside options. We document the negative selection into self-employment when workers enter from unemployment, and … contract out of unemployment. These facts call for a revision of active labor market policies in place …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012126166
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A vibrant European labor market with full employment
Ritzen, Jozef M. M.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 3 (2014) 10, pp. 1-24
We sketch a visionary strategy for Europe in which full employment is quickly regained by 2020, income inequality is reduced and the economies are more sustainable. We call this scenario "vibrant". It is contrasted with what would happen if present policies continue within the European Union...
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