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This paper estimates the effect that the size of an individual's labour-market entry cohort has on the subsequent duration of search for employment. Survival-analysis methods are applied to empirically assess this relationship using a sample of apprenticeship graduates who entered the German...
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Empirically identifying the causal effect of social networks on migrants' economic prospects is a challenging task due to the non-random residential sorting of migrants into locations with greater opportunities for (previous) connections. Our study addresses this selection-bias issue by using a...
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German in-firm vocational training combines training on the job and learning in vocational schools. The so called 'dual system' absorbs roughly two thirds of German school leavers every year. After between two and four years of standardized training, it provides them with a generally accepted...
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The strong and sustained labour market upswing in Germany is widely recognized. In a developing literature, various relevant studies highlight different specific reasons. The underlying study, instead, simultaneously considers a broad set of factors in a unified methodological framework and...
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Seit ihrem Höhepunkt im Februar 2005 sank die Arbeitslosigkeit in Deutschland innerhalb von drei Jahren von 5 … Arbeitslosen tatsächlich gehen. Wir erklären den Rückgang der Arbeitslosigkeit, indem wir die Übergänge zwischen Arbeitslosigkeit … zwischen Arbeitslosigkeit und Vollzeit-Erwerbstätigkeit nur knapp 9 Prozent zum Rückgang der Arbeitslosigkeit beitrugen …
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Kohortengröße auf Beschäftigung und Arbeitslosigkeit zu schätzen. Ein Kernergebnis der Untersuchung ist, dass die geschätzten …
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