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We explore data from all transition economies over nearly two decades, providing insights on the mechanisms behind labor force reallocation. We show that worker flows between jobs in different industries are rare relative to the demographic flows of youth entry and elderly exit. The same applies...
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unemployment rate, their participation and employment rates are very low: 34% and 32%, respectively. We analyse whether this is due … of old-age benefits increases the probability of outflow from unemployment to inactivity, as do unemployment rate changes … more likely to leave the workforce compared to those who receive either unemployment benefits or social welfare benefits. …
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This paper examines the labor market implications of a mandatory social insurance scheme introduced in Ethiopia in 2011 for private sector employees in the formal sector. We use firm-level panel data and exploit differences in pre-reform pension plans across firms to identify the effects of the...
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unemployment rate. Exogenous shocks (such as aging) leading to lower interest rates also imply lower equilibrium unemployment rates … generations ; search unemployment ; labor force participation ; aging ; pensions ; labor market …
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It is a challenge for politics that an aging population leads to demands that the retirement age is increasing while not everyone is able to work to such a higher age. Sweden, like other countries, has several options for early exit from the labour market. However, the regulations have become...
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of the unemployment experience are taken into account: i) displacement risk, measured by the probability of moving from … employment into unemployment; ii) job-search effectiveness measured by the probability of moving from unemployment into … the effect is positive in the most recent periods. For native transition from employment to unemployment a complementary …
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little employment protection and low unemployment benefits, while the European model (generous benefits and higher duration …
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creation and job destruction for university graduates, compared to other groups of workers. We find that the unemployment rate …
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China decreases unemployment rates, especially among males and high school graduates. However, the policy also decreases …
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density function with higher density and thereby generate large, asymmetric job-finding rate and unemployment reactions. Our …
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