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Cohort size and transitions into the labour market

Roth, Duncan - 2017

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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The effect of social networks on migrants' labor market integration : a natural experiment

Gërxhani, Klarita; Kosyakova, Yuliya - 2020

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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Labour market outcomes after vocational training in Germany : equal opportunities for migrants and natives?

Burkert, Carola; Seibert, Holger - 2007

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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Which factors are behind Germany's labour market upswing?

Hutter, Christian; Klinger, Sabine; Weber, Enzo; … - 2019

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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Where did all the unemployed go? : non-standard work in Germany after the Hartz reforms

Rothe, Thomas; Wälde, Klaus - 2017

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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Cohort size and youth labour-market outcomes : the role of measurement error

Moffat, John D.; Roth, Duncan - 2016

Kohortengröße auf Beschäftigung und Arbeitslosigkeit zu schätzen. Ein Kernergebnis der Untersuchung ist, dass die geschätzten …

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Gender gaps of the unemployed : what drives diverging labor market outcomes?

Dauth, Christine - 2016

Analyzing gender gaps of unemployed job-seekers, this study uniquely complements the broad literature focussing predominantly on gender gaps of employed workers. I consider a broad range of labor market outcomes, and disentangle the factors driving the labor market gaps of unemployed men and...

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Occupational routine-intensity and the costs of job loss : evidence from mass layoffs

Blien, Uwe; Dauth, Wolfgang; Roth, Duncan - 2019

This paper analyses how differences in the degree of occupational routine-intensity affect the costs of job loss. We use worker-level data on mass layoffs in Germany between 1980 and 2010 and provide causal evidence that workers who used to be employed in more routine-intensive occupa-tions...

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Foreign direct investment and search unemployment theory and evidence

Schmerer, Hans-Jörg - 2012

ausländischen Direktinvestitionen und Arbeitslosigkeit wird anhand makroökonomischer Daten für 19 OECD Länder getestet. Die Daten …

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Do small labor market entry cohorts reduce unemployment?

Garloff, Alfred; Pohl, Carsten; Schanne, Norbert - 2011

Arbeitslosigkeit in Westdeutschland. Von einem theoretischen Standpunkt aus kann eine Abnahme der Kohortengröße einerseits – in … Umkehrung des Kohortenverdrängungseffektes – zu einem Abbau der Arbeitslosigkeit führen. Andererseits kann der Eintritt kleiner … Kohorten auch dazu führen, dass Firmen überproportional ihr Angebot an Arbeitsplätzen reduzieren, so dass die Arbeitslosigkeit …

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