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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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A Note on Risk Aversion and Labour Market Outcomes: Further Evidence from German Survey Data

Pfeifer, Christian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

, employer change, quits, training, wages, and job satisfaction). …

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Returns for Entrepreneurs vs. Employees: The Effect of Education and Personal Control on the Relative Performance of Entrepreneurs vs. Wage Employees

van Praag, Mirjam; van Witteloostuijn, Arjen; van der … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

How valuable is education for entrepreneurs' performance as compared to employees'? What might explain any differences? And does education affect peoples' occupational choices accordingly? We answer these questions based on a large panel of US labor force participants. We show that education...

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The Risk and Return of Human Capital Investments

Koerselman, Kristian; Uusitalo, Roope - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Investing in human capital increases lifetime income, but these investments may involve substantial risk. In this paper we use a Finnish panel spanning 22 years to predict the mean, the variance and the skew of the present value of lifetime income, and to calculate certainty equivalent lifetime...

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Life-Cycle Equilibrium Unemployment

Chéron, Arnaud; Hairault, Jean-Olivier; Langot, François - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This paper develops a life-cycle approach to equilibrium unemployment. Workers only differ respectively to their distance from deterministic retirement. A non age-directed search equilibrium is then typically featured by increasing (decreasing) firing (hiring) rates with age and a hump-shaped...

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Job Creation and Job Destruction over the Life Cycle: The Older Workers in the Spotlight

Hairault, Jean-Olivier; Chéron, Arnaud; Langot, François - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper extends the job creation - job destruction approach to the labor market to take into account the life-cycle of workers. Forward looking decisions about hiring and firing depend on the time over which to recoup adjustment costs. The equilibrium is typically featured by increasing...

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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 … dynamic optimization theory. We develop a general framework for the labor market where the search for a job involves dynamic …

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Measuring Labor Market Frictions: A Cross-Country Comparison

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

different estimation methods and different types of data. We propose and apply an unconditional inference method that can be … applied to aggregate duration data. It does not require wage data, it is invariant to the way in which wages are determined …

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Multiple Equilibria and Minimum Wages in Labor Markets with Informational Frictions and Heterogeneous Production Technologies

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

wage affects wages even though, after imposition, the lowest wage in the market exceeds the minimum wage. The model has …

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Active Labor Market Policy Effects for Women in Europe: A Survey

Bergemann, Annette; Berg, Gerard J. van den - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

We survey the recent literature on the effects of active labor market policies on individual labor market outcomes like employment and income, for adult female individuals without work in European countries. We consider skill-training programs, monitoring and sanctions, job search assistance,...

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