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Young adults and labor markets in Africa
Bandiera, Oriana; Elsayed, Ahmed; Smurra, Andrea; … - 2021
compare their job prospects to those of their counterparts in other low-income regions. We show that employment rates are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012803752
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Youth homelessness, support services, and employment in England
Drydakis, Nick - 2025
homeless youth are associated with their employment outcomes. Data from 402 young people living in 21 housing accommodation …-native and non-heterosexual homeless youth were overrepresented in housing accommodation and experienced lower employment rates … compared to native and heterosexual homeless youth. The estimates indicated that employment levels among homeless youth were …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015196648
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To study or to work? : Education and labour market participation of young people in Poland
Pastore, Francesco (contributor) - 2005
This paper proposes Heckprobit estimates of the determinants of labour market participation of a sample of young (15-30) Poles, controlling for the sample selection bias caused by excluding those in education. There is evidence of sample selection bias in the case of young men, suggesting that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003260659
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A signal of diligence? : student work experience and later employment chances
Baert, Stijn; Rotsaert, Olivier; Verhaest, Dieter; … - 2015
We investigate the impact of student work experience on later hiring chances. To completely rule out potential endogeneity, we present a field experiment in which various forms of student work experience are randomly disclosed by more than 1000 fictitious graduates applying for jobs in Belgium....
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Varying youth cohort effects on regional labour market outcomes in Germany
Graaff, Thomas de; Ozgen, Ceren; Roth, Duncan - 2018
We assess how changes in youth cohort sizes effect employment rates in German labour market regions. Replicating the … conventional approach, we estimate that a percentage increase in the youth share reduces regional employment rates by -0.2%. We … pressure on urban regional employment rates as a result of the projected decrease in the size of the German youth share. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011947720
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Macroeconomic conditions when young shape job preferences for life
Cotofan, Maria; Cassar, Lea; Dur, Robert A. J.; Meier, … - 2020
Preferences for monetary and non-monetary job attributes are important for understanding workers' motivation and the organization of work. Little is known, however, about how those job preferences are formed. We study how macroeconomic conditions when young shape workers' job preferences for the...
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Gender wage gap among young adults : a comparison across British cohorts
Foliano, Francesca; Bryson, Alex; Joshi, Heather; … - 2023
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The economic outcomes of an ethnic minority : the role of barriers
Ḳasir, Nitsa; Yashiv, Eran - 2020
minority is characterized by inferior outcomes relative to the Jewish majority by all indicators, including employment, wages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012200963
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Rubble women : the long-term effects of postwar reconstruction on female labor market outcomes
Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude; Khamis, Melanie; Yuksel, Mutlu - 2011
postwar reconstruction and mandatory employment on women's labor market outcomes. We combine a unique dataset on city …. Using difference-in-difference and instrumental-variable strategies, we find that postwar mandatory employment reduced …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009521180
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The optimal migration duration and activity choice after re-migration
Dustmann, Christian; Kirchkamp, Oliver - 2001
If migrants return to their origin countries, two questions arise which are of immediate economic interest for both immigration and emigration country: What determines their optimal migration duration, and what are the activities migrants choose after a return. Little research has been devoted...
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