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From giving birth to paid labor: the effects of adult education for prime-aged mothers

Bergemann, Annette; den Berg, Gerard J. van - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2014

Women without work after childbirth are at risk of losing their connection to the labor market. However, they may participate in adult education programs. We analyze the effect of this on the duration to work and on the wage rate, by applying conditional difference-in-differences approaches. We...

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Factors associated with occupational disability classification

Angelov, Nikoay; Eliason, Marcus - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2014

Sweden has a long tradition of labour market policies explicitly targeting job seekers with disabilities, ranging from in-work aids to subsidized employments, aiming at strengthening their position at the labour market. To ascertain that these programs are limited to the needy they are...

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To meet or not to meet, that is the question - short-run effects of high-frequency meetings with case workers

den Berg, Gerard J. van; Back Kjaersgaard, Lene; … - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2014

unemployment to employment using detailed Danish event history data obtained from administrative registers. We find large positive …

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Does tax evasion affect unemployment and educational choice?

Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Larsen, Birthe - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2004

To examine the macro economic effects of government tax and punishment policies, this paper develops a three-sector general quilibrium model featuring matching frictions, heterogenous abilities and an informal sector with tax evasion. The choice of education is determined endogenously. Job...

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Social interactions and unemployment

Hedström, Peter; Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Åberg, Yvonne - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2003

This paper is concerned with social interactions and their importance for unemployment. A theoretical model is … specified in which the psychological costs of unemployment depend upon the unemployment level. The analysis reveals social … multiplier effects, and shows that multiple unemployment equilibria may emerge. Data on all 20- to 24-year-olds living in …

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Monitoring job offer decisions, punishments, exit to work, and job quality

den Berg, Gerard J. van; Vikström, Johan - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2009

Unemployment insurance systems include monitoring of unemployed workers and punitive sanctions if job search …

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