Der erste Lockdown im Frühjahr 2020 hat sich negativ auf die Arbeitsmarktintegration der Flüchtlinge in Deutschland ausgewirkt. Zwischen März 2020 und Mai 2020 ist die Zahl der sozialversicherungspflichtig Beschäftigten aus den acht Asylherkunftsländern Afghanistan, Eritrea, Irak, Iran,...

Relying on Swedish linked employer-employee data over a 30-year period, I study the importance of work during high school for graduates' school-to-work transition and labor market outcomes. I show that employer links established through work during school provide students with an important...

We study the causal effects of previous experience and language skills when newly arrived refugees in Sweden apply for job openings by means of a field experiment. Applications were sent from randomly assigned fictitious Syrian refugees with experience in jobs with low skill requirements and...

How do policy makers help jobseekers transition out of unemployment? As unemployment is costly for the individual and inefficient for society, this is a question of utmost importance. Today, many OECD countries rely on active labor market policies (ALMPs) in their efforts to easen jobseekers'...

This study fills a gap in the literature on the outcome mechanisms in which successful training programs improve employment and earnings, such as raises on the job or longer job duration. The city of New Orleans implemented a job training program as an RCT for low-income workers. Individuals in...

Using mobility report card data, I show graduates of less selective universities experience more adverse impacts of graduating in a recession. I highlight one mechanism: during recessions employers stop recruiting at less selective universities. Using a unique dataset of employer recruiting...

We analyse the distribution and the flows between different types of employment (self-employment, temporary, and permanent), unemployment, education, and other types of inactivity, with particular focus on the duration of the school-to-work transition (STWT). The aim is to assess the impact of...

We examine how first in family (FiF) graduates (those whose parents do not have university degrees) fare on the labor market in England. We find that among women, FiF graduates earn 7.4% less on average than graduate women whose parents have a university degree. For men, we do not find a FiF...