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Did the crisis permanently scar the Portuguese labour market? : evidence from a Markov-switching Beveridge curve analysis

Vansteenkiste, Isabel - 2017

curve in a Markov-switching panel setting with time-varying transition probabilities for the US, Portugal and Spain using … structural indicators which could affect the matching efficiency in the labour market. The results show that the sharp outward …

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Do job creation schemes improve the social integration and well-being of the long-term unemployed?

Ivanov, Boris; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Pohlan, Laura - 2019

In this paper we analyze the effects of a German job creation scheme (JCS) on the social integration and well-being of long-term unemployed individuals. Using linked survey and administrative data for participants and a group of matched non-participants, we find significant positive effects of...

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The Beveridge curve and labour market flows : a reinterpretation

Gottfries, Nils; Stadin, Karolina - 2019

According to search-matching theory, the Beveridge curve slopes downward because vacancies are filled more quickly when … unemployment is high. Using monthly panel data for local labour markets in Sweden we find no (or only weak) evidence that high …

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The iceberg decomposition: a parsimonious way to map the health of labour markets

Baert, Stijn - 2020

This article introduces the metaphor of the iceberg in the labour market. While policy in most OECD countries has historically focussed on reducing unemployment (the tip of the iceberg), the group of inactive people (below the waterline) is much larger. Therefore, we point to the clear...

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How far from full employment? : the European unemployment problem revisited

Gökten, Meryem; Heimberger, Philipp; Lichtenberger, Andreas - 2024

crisis, but few countries hit full employment. Panel regressions highlight that hysteresis, labour market institutions …

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Matching Efficiency and Labour Market Heterogeneity in the United Kingdom

Pizzinelli, Carlo - 2017

This paper investigates how compositional changes in the UK labour market affect the matching process between vacancies … and job seekers. We augment a state space representation of the aggregate matching function with a measure of job seekers … developments in the literature. The baseline results show that matching efficiency declined by around 15% between 1995 and 2010 but …

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Contracting out mandatory counselling and training for long-term unemployed : private for-profit or non-profit, or keep it public?

Cockx, Bart; Baert, Stijn - 2015

This study evaluates the effectiveness of contracting out mandatory publicly provided counselling and training for long-term unemployed in Flanders (Belgium) to private for-profit and non-profit organisations (FPOs and NPOs). A multivariate transition model exploits timing-of-events and novel...

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How targeted is targeted tax relief? : evidence from the unemployment insurance youth hires program

Webb, Matthew; Sweetman, Arthur; Warman, Casey - 2012

Targeted employment subsidy programs are commonly employed by governments. This study examines one such initiative that rebated unemployment insurance premiums for net new insurable employment for youth aged 18 to 24. Using microdata from two datasets to estimate the labour market impacts of...

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A cross-country comparison of labor market frictions

Ridder, Geert; Berg, Gerard J. van den - 2002

In this paper we define and estimate measures of labor market frictions using data on job durations. We compare different estimation methods and different types of data. We propose and apply an unconditional inference method that can be applied to aggregate duration data. It does not require...

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Labour market expectations and unemployment in Europe

Blanchflower, David G.; Bryson, Alex - 2023

panel estimates, few variables predict changes in unemployment rates. Using panel data for 29 European countries collected … by the European Commission over 444 months between January 1985 and October 2022 in an unbalanced country*month panel of …

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