Browsing Department of Economics (ECO) by Author "BASTEN, Christoph"

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Title: Cash-on-Hand and the Duration of Job Search. Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Norway Author(s): BASTEN, Christoph; FAGERENG, Andreas; TELLE, Kjetil Date: 2012 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: We identify the causal effect of lump-sum severance payments on non-employment duration in Norway by exploiting a discontinuity in eligibility at age 50. We find that a severance payment worth 1.2 months’ earnings at the ...
Title: Four Essays in Applied Economics Author(s): BASTEN, Christoph Date: 2011 Type of Publication: Thesis Series/Report no.: EUI PhD theses Abstract: The four papers constituting this thesis cover a range of different topics, thus reflecting the breadth of issues I have worked on in the course of my PhD. All seek to rely as little as possible on prior assumptions, and ...

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