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Labor market dynamics in urban China and the role of the state sector

Feng, Shuaizhang; Guo, Naijia - 2019

This paper studies the effect of state-owned enterprises on the dynamics of the Chinese urban labor market. Using longitudinal monthly panel data, we document very low dynamics in the labor market, especially in the state sector. We develop and calibrate an equilibrium search and matching model...

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What drives trust of long-term unemployed in their caseworkers? : an empirical analysis using experimental data

Wilde, Joachim - 2020

Overcoming long-term unemployment is a challenging task in which trust of the long-term unemployed in their caseworkers is a key issue. However, research about drivers of this trust is a white spot in the literature. The paper closes this gap. Embedded in a theoretical model at the...

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The effects of wage subsidies for older workers : wage subsidies to encourage employers to hire older workers are often ineffective

Boockmann, Bernhard - 2015

Population aging in many developed countries has motivated some governments to provide wage subsidies to employers for hiring or retaining older workers. The subsidies are intended to compensate for the gap between the pay and productivity of older workers, which may discourage their hiring. A...

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The nature of long-term unemployment: predictability, heterogeneity and selection

Müller, Andreas; Spinnewijn, Johannes - 2023

This paper studies the predictability of long-term unemployment (LTU) and analyzes its main determinants using rich administrative data in Sweden. Compared to using standard socio-demographic variables, the predictive power more than doubles when leveraging the rich data environment. The largest...

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What affects debt enforcement proceedings? : evidence from the Czech Republic

Pakši, Daniel; Simek, Milan; Vontroba, Jakub - In: Národohospodářský obzor : časopis věnovaný … 23 (2023) 2, pp. 89-103

This paper aims to identify the factors contributing to the unusually high prevalence of over-indebtedness and debt enforcement proceedings in the Czech Republic at the granular geographic level of extended-powers municipalities (ORP). The main reason for this level is simple, not to lose...

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Whether to Hire Local Contract Teachers? Trade-off Between Skills and Preferences in India.

Fagernäs, Sonja; Pelkonen, Panu - Department of Economics, School of Business, Management … - 2011

, motivation and the cost of teachers. This study relies on a Discrete Choice Experiment to assess the job preferences of a sample …-teachers). Skills in English, Arithmetic and Vocabulary are also tested. We find a trade-off between skills and preferences, as teacher … differences in job preferences between the two groups can be explained by geographic origin of the teachers, skills, experience …

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Efficiency-Morality Trade-Offs in Repugnant Transactions: A Choice Experiment

Elias, Julio; Lacetera, Nicola; Macis, Mario - 2016

conducted an online choice experiment to characterize preferences for the morality and efficiency of payments to kidney donors …. Preferences were heterogeneous, ranging from deontological to strongly consequentialist; the median respondent would support …

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Preferences over social risk: does (group) size matter?

Morone, Andrea; Temerario, Tiziana - 2016

In this paper, we first replicated Harrison et al. (2012). Then, we studied if the group’s size has an impact on group’s risk aversion. In line with Harrison et al. (2012), our results confirm that no significant differences occur between individuals and groups risk aversion in three-person...

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Efficiency-Morality Trade-Offs in Repugnant Transactions: A Choice Experiment

Elias, Julio; Lacetera, Nicola; Macis, Mario - 2016

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Individual and group preferences over risk: Does group size matter?

Morone, Andrea; Nemore, Francesco; Temerario, Tiziana - 2017

In this paper we investigated group size impact on risk aversion when a majority rule is applied. Drawing on the widely used Holt and Laury's (2002) lottery pairs, we observed a risky shift for both individual and groups regardless of their size. However, groups choices are shown to be closer to...

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