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Monitoring job offer decisions, punishments, exit to work, and job quality
den Berg, Gerard J. van; Vikström, Johan - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2009
Unemployment insurance systems include monitoring of unemployed workers and punitive sanctions if job search …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005082496
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Stepping-stones for the unemployed: The effect of temporary jobs on the duration until regular work
Zijl, Marloes; den Berg, Gerard J van; Heyma, Arjan - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2004
Individual labour market transitions from unemployment into temporary work are often succeeded by a transition from … unemployment to temporary jobs and unobserved determinants of the transition rates. The data contain multiple spells in labour … unemployment and they substantially increase the fraction of unemployed workers who have regular work within a few years after …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651830
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The role of marriage in the causal pathway from economic conditions early in life to mortality
den Berg, Gerard J. van; Gupta, Sumedha - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2011
This paper analyzes the interplay between early-life conditions and marital status, as determinants of adult mortality. We use individual data from Dutch registers (years 1815-2000), combined with business cycle conditions in childhood as indicators of earlylife conditions. The empirical...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009386419
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Inequality in individual mortality and economic conditions earlier in life
van den Berg, Gerard; Lindeboom, Maarten; López, Marta - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2007
We analyze the effect of being born in a recession on the mortality rate later in life in conjunction with social class. We use individual data records from Dutch registers of birth, marriage, and death certificates, covering the period 1815-2000, and we merge these with historical data on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651870
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The economics of grief
den Berg, Gerard J. van; Lundborg, Petter; Vikström, Johan - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2012
We study the short-run and long-run economic impact of one of the largest losses that an individual can face; the death of a child. We utilize unique merged registers on the entire Swedish population, combining information on the date and cause of death with parents' labour market outcomes, health...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818784
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How do extended benefits affect unemployment duration? A regression discontinuity approach
Lalive, Rafael - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2006
This paper studies a program that extends the maximum duration of unemployment benefits from 30 weeks to 209 weeks … regions to identify the effect of extended benefits on unemployment duration. Results indicate that the duration of job search … is prolonged by at least .09 weeks per additional week of benefits among men, whereas unemployment duration increases by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005190975
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Do interactions between unemployment insurance and sickness insurance affect transitions to employment?
Hall, Caroline - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2008
Previous research suggests that there are substantial interactions between the unemployment insurance (UI) and the …. This paper examines whether these interactions affect the transition rate from unemployment to employment. To study this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005190977
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Sick of being unemployed? Interactions between unemployment and sickness insurance in Sweden
Larsson, Laura - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2002
This paper examines the incentive effects caused by the interactions between unemployment insurance (UI) and sickness …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651846
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Duration dependence versus unobserved heterogeneity in treatment effects: Swedish labor market training and the transition rate to employment
Richardson, Katarina; den Berg, Gerard J van - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2008
market policy. We analyze its causal effects on the individual transition rate from unemployment to employment by exploiting …-parametric identification. The data cover the population and include multiple unemployment spells for many individuals. The results indicate a … diminishes after some weeks. When taking account of the time spent in the program, the effect on the mean unemployment duration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651858
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Employment, mobility, and active labor market programs
Fredriksson, Peter; Johansson, Per - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2003
Using a unique micro panel data set we investigate whether active labor market programs improve employment prospects and increase mobility in the longer run. We consider two prototype programs: job creation programs and training programs. We find that both programs reduce the chances of finding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651864