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The Effect of Weather-Induced Internal Migration on Local Labor Markets: Evidence from Uganda

Strobl, Eric; Valfort, Marie-Anne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Relying on census data collected in 2002 and historical weather data for Uganda, we estimate the impact of weather-induced internal migration on the probability for non-migrants living in the destination regions to be employed. Our results reveal a significant negative impact. Consistent with...

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Structural Estimation of Search Intensity: Do Non-Employed Workers Search Enough?

Wolthoff, Ronald; Gautier, Pieter A.; Moraga-González, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

We present a structural framework for the evaluation of public policies intended to increase job search intensity. Most of the literature defines search intensity as a scalar that influences the arrival rate of job offers; here we treat it as the number of job applications that workers send out....

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From the Shortage of Jobs to the Shortage of Skilled Workers: Labor Markets in the EU New Member States

Rutkowski, Jan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

, this transformation took place within just a few years. Until the mid-2000s job opportunities were scarce and unemployment … was high. But since then labor demand has picked up and unemployment has dropped substantially. In contrast to the earlier … jobs because no major reforms to labor market institutions were recently implemented in the region. Instead, the main cause …

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The Aggregate Labor Market Effects of the Swedish Knowledge Lift Program

Albrecht, James; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Vroman, Susan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift (1997-2002) was unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of large numbers of lowskill workers. This paper evaluates the potential effects of this program on aggregate labor market outcomes. This is done...

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Labor Market Dynamics in Tunisia: The Issue of Youth Unemployment

Stampini, Marco; Verdier-Chouchane, Audrey - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

2007 that include a longitudinal component. It first shows that sustained economic growth will reduce youth unemployment … reduce youth unemployment. Third, the analysis of labor market characteristics reveals that young graduates experience long … unemployment as they cue for high-skill jobs. Moreover, the public sector remains the main provider of employment opportunities for …

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Empirical Labor Search: A Survey

Eckstein, Zvi; den Berg, Gerard J. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

This paper surveys the existing empirical research that uses search theory to empirically analyze labor supply questions in a structural framework, using data on individual labor market transitions and durations, wages, and individual characteristics. The starting points of the literature are...

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The Beveridge Curve

Yashiv, Eran - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

. The Beveridge curve depicts the steady state of the model, whereby inflows into unemployment are equal to the outflows …

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On the Efficiency of Job Search with Social Networks

Cahuc, Pierre; Fontaine, François - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002

of different job search methods, conditional unemployment benefits hikes can improve welfare when individuals are risk …

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Work Hours Constraints: Impacts and Policy Implications

Constant, Amelie F.; Otterbach, Steffen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

If individuals reveal their preference as consumers, then they are taken seriously. What happens if individuals, as employees, reveal their preferences in working hours? And what happens if there is a misalignment between actual hours worked and preferred hours, the so-called work hours...

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How Many Educated Workers for Your Economy? European Targets, Optimal Public Spending, and Labor Market Impact

Lebon, Isabelle; Rebiere, Therese - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

This paper studies optimal taxation schemes for education in a search-matching model where the labor market is divided between a high-skill and a low-skill sector. Two public policy targets – maximizing the global employment level and optimizing the social surplus – are studied according to...

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