Browsing Working Papers by Subject "J63"

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    Title: Learning about the Match Quality: Information Flows and Labor Market Outcomes of Skill Groups  Author(s): SENGUL, Gonul Date: 2010 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI MWP Abstract: Workers with higher skills (more education) have lower unemployment rates, lower probabilities of separating from their jobs, and lower probabilities of losing their jobs conditional on tenure. This paper analyzes to what ...
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    Title: Reassessing Labor Market Reforms: Temporary Contracts as a Screening Device  Author(s): FACCINI, Renato Date: 2008 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Standard models of temporary contracts are either inconclusive, or fail to ac- count for the positive correlation between temporary contracts and the employ- ment rate, and for the high transition rates into permanent ...
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    Title: Labor Adjustment: Disentangling Firing and Mobility Costs  Author(s): GUISO, Luigi; SAPIENZA, Paola; ZINGALES, Luigi Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: This paper studies the costs of adjusting employment, distinguishing between firms’ firing and workers’ mobility costs. We construct a simple dynamic general equilibrium model of labor demand and supply and show that ...
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    Title: Labor Turnover before Plant Closure: ‘Leaving the sinking ship’ vs. ‘Captain throwing ballast overboard’  Author(s): SCHWERDT, Guido Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: Involuntary job loss in administrative data is commonly identified by focusing on mass-layoffs or plant closures. However, such events usually do not happen without prior knowledge, which potentially leads to selection ...
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    Title: Employment Protection, Firm Selection, and Growth  Author(s): POSCHKE, Markus Date: 2006 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: This paper analyzes the effect of firing costs on aggregate productivity growth. For this purpose, a model of endogenous growth through selection and imitation is developed. It is consistent with recent evidence on firm ...