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The consequences of long term unemployment : evidence from matched employer-employee data
Abraham, Katharine G.; Haltiwanger, John C.; Sandusky, … - 2016
It is well known that the long-term unemployed fare worse in the labor market than the short-term unemployed, but less clear why this is so. One potential explanation is that the long-term unemployed are "bad apples" who had poorer prospects from the outset of their spells (heterogeneity)....
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Intergenerational effects of incarceration
Bhuller, Manudeep; Dahl, Gordon B.; Løken, Katrine V.; … - 2018
An often overlooked population in discussions of prison reform is the children of inmates. How a child is affected depends both on what incarceration does to their parent and what they learn from their parent's experience. To overcome endogeneity concerns, we exploit the random assignment of...
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Strategies to productively reincorporate the formerly-incarcerated into communities : a review of the literature
Doleac, Jennifer L. - 2018
Two-thirds of those released from prison in the United States will be re-arrested within three years, creating an incarceration cycle that is detrimental to individuals, families, and communities. There is tremendous public interest in ending this cycle, and public policies can help or hinder...
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Does the welfare state make older workers unemployable?
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2009
specificities for the effect of labor market institutions on the employability of those workers. It shows that while unemployment …
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Heterogeneous sports participation and labour market outcomes in England
Lechner, Michael; Downward, Paul - 2013
to employability, but that this varies by age across genders and that outdoor activities contribute most towards higher …
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Worker identity, employment fluctuations and stabilization policy
Snower, Dennis J.; Lechthaler, Wolfgang - 2013
This paper provides a model of "social hysteresis" whereby long, deep recessions demotivate workers and thereby lead them to change their work ethic. In switching from a pro-work to an anti-work identity, their incentives to seek and retain work fall and consequently their employment chances...
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Retaining through training : even for older workers
Picchio, Matteo; Ours, Jan C. van - 2011
This paper investigates whether on-the-job training has an effect on the employability of workers. Using data from the …
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Admission conditions and graduates' employability
Alexandre, Fernando (contributor);  … - 2008
relationship with graduates' employability. We find that study programs with larger numeri clausi are associated with a higher …
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"Employability-miles" and worker employability awareness
Gerards, Ruud; Grip, Andries de; Witlox, Maaike - 2012
This article studies the use and impact of a firm-sponsored training ("Employability-miles") voucher scheme that aims … to stimulate employees to develop a more active attitude toward their own employability. Using data from two surveys of …, we find that voucher use positively affects worker employability awareness and willingness to train. Remarkably …
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Migration of graduates within a sequential decision framework : evidence from Poland
Herbst, Mikołaj; Kaczmarczyk, Paweł; Wójcik, Piotr - 2014
process and in the life course. Applying multinomial logit modelling on the unique database on Polish graduates we find that …
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