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This paper examines whether immigrants increase the likelihood of unemployment among native-born workers in the …-born workers? assessment of the number of immigrants in the local market. By doing so, the association between unemployment of … immigrants and unemployment among native-born workers. …
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selective extension of the potential duration of unemployment benefits. If social interactions are important, this policy change … affects entitled individuals not only directly, but also indirectly by altering the duration of unemployment in the reference …
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Labor market frictions are not the only possible factor responsible for high unemployment. Credit market imperfections … European and US unemployment differ so much when labor markets have become more similar at the margin in Europe and the US. To …
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distribution. The conventional method of analysis is regression of summary inequality indices on variables such as the unemployment …
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that enables the estimation of individual and aggregate covariate effects on completed unemployment durations in synthetic … home. I analyze the relationship between such house lock and the elevated levels and persistence of unemployment during the … job search in the local labor market for homeowners whose home value has declined, I focus on differences in unemployment …
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The social norm of unemployment suggests that aggregate unemployment reduces the well-being of the employed, but has a … the appropriate distinction may not be between employment and unemployment, but rather between higher and lower levels of … affected by regional unemployment. However, insecure employed men and poor-prospect unemployed men are less negatively, or even …
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The aim of this work is to assess the effectiveness of active labour market policies carried out by the Catalan Public Employment Services (SOC) during the year 2005. The results obtained from the application of matching techniques show that the probability of finding a job for an individual who...
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This paper studies regional unemployment inequality in Poland. We find that higher unemployment regions are those … experiencing greater change in industrial structure. We also find high unemployment regions are those with higher inflow rates to … unemployment rather than longer spells of unemployment. These findings suggest that regional unemployment varies importantly with …
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autocorrelation in regional hires, unemployment and vacancy levels, we examine the patterns of new matches in regions, identify … variation in unemployment rates, combined with little inter-regional migration. We find evidence in favor of labor market …
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Regional unemployment rates in Great Britain have narrowed dramatically in recent years. However, significant … decomposes regional differences in employment, economic inactivity and unemployment into components due to either structural or …
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