Labour market signalling and unemployment duration: An empirical analysis using employer–employee data

We test the signalling hypothesis using detailed flow-based employer–employee data from Denmark. Our main findings are: the signalling value is proportional to the proportion of employees dismissed from the workplace and the signal is uniform across occupation groups.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Frederiksen, Anders ; Ibsen, Rikke ; Rosholm, Michael ; Westergaard-Nielsen, Niels
Published in:	Economics Letters. - Elsevier, ISSN 0165-1765. - Vol. 118.2013, 1, p. 84-86
Publisher:	Elsevier
Subject:	Unemployment duration \| Signalling \| Workplace closure

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Type of publication:	Article
Classification:	J64 - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search ; J65 - Unemployment Insurance; Severance Pay; Plant Closings ; J68 - Public Policy
Source:	RePEc - Research Papers in Economics

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