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Decomposing the ins and outs of cyclical unemployment

Bachmann, Ronald; Sinning, Mathias - 2011

role for the cyclicality of the unemployment outflow rate, although the contribution of the duration of unemployment is … significant. In contrast, composition effects dampen the cyclicality of the unemployment inflow rate considerably. We further … observe that the initially positive contribution of composition effects to a higher unemployment outflow rate turns negative …

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Labour market transitions, shocks and institutions in turbulent times : a cross-country analysis

Bachmann, Ronald; Felder, Rahel - 2017

Blanchard and Wolfers (2000) to analyse the role of the interaction of macroeconomic shocks and labour market institutions for … of the unemployment rate and of worker transitions. …

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Biased expectations and labor market outcomes : evidence from German survey data and implications for the East-West wage gap

Balleer, Almut; Duernecker, Georg; Forstner, Susanne; … - 2024

We measure individual bias in labor market expectations in German survey data and find that workers on average significantly overestimate their individual probabilities to separate from their job when employed as well to find a job when unemployed. These biases vary significantly between...

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Labour market participation and atypical employment over the life cycle : a cohort analysis for Germany

Bachmann, Ronald; Felder, Rahel; Tamm, Marcus - 2018

We use data from the adult cohort of the National Education Panel Study to analyse the changes in the employment histories of cohorts born after World War II and the role of atypical employment in this context. Younger cohorts are characterised by acquiring more education, by entering into...

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The long-term effect of age at school entry on competencies in adulthood

Görlitz, Katja; Penny, Merlin; Tamm, Marcus - 2019

The previous literature has shown that children who enter school at a more advanced age outperform their younger classmates on competency tests taken between kindergarten and Grade 10. This study analyzes whether these effects of school starting age continue into adulthood. Based on data on math...

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International trade and worker turnover : empirical evidence for Germany

Baumgarten, Daniel - 2010

Using a linked employer-employee data set for Germany, this paper studies how worker turnover is related to establishments‘ international trade involvement. The descriptive analysis shows that trading establishments have lower worker turnover rates than non-traders, suggesting a higher degree...

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Task specialization and the native-foreign wage gap : evidence from worker-level data

Storm, Eduard - 2021

Running RIF regressions to decompose wage differences along the distribution, this is the first study documenting that worker-level variation in tasks has played a key role in the widening of the German Native-Foreign Wage Gap. Comparing variation in Individual- vs Occupation-level task measures...

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The effects of after-school programs on maternal employment

Dehos, Fabian; Paul, Marie - 2017

This paper evaluates the impact of a massive expansion of after-school programs (ASPs) on the labor market participation of mothers with primary school children in the West German context of relatively low full-time employment rates. Using an instrumental variables approach we exploit regional...

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Beyond Balassa and Samuelson : real convergence, capital flows, and competitiveness in Greece

Belke, Ansgar; Haskamp, Ulrich; Schnabl, Gunther; … - 2015

We scrutinize the role of capital flows in competitiveness in a set of seven euroarea member countries (Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal, Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic) in the context of real convergence and crisis. A specific focus is on Greece. The paper extends the seminal...

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Long-run patterns of labour market polarisation : evidence from German micro data

Bachmann, Ronald; Çim, Merve; Green, Colin - 2018

stability and more likelihood of experiencing periods of unemployment. However, these negative effects of routine work appear to … be concentrated in increased employment to employment, and employment to unemployment transitions rather than longer … periods of unemployment. …

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