Browsing ECO Working Papers by Subject "E24"

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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 ...
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    Title: Labor Market Dynamics and the Business Cycle: Structural Evidence for the United States  Author(s): RAVN, Morten O.; SIMONELLI, Saverio Date: 2007 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: We use a 12-dimensional VAR to examine the dynamic effects on the labor market of four struc- tural technology and policy shocks. For each shock, we examine the dynamic effects on the labor market, the importance of the ...
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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 ...
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    Title: Strategic Wage Bargaining, Labor Market Volatility and Persistence  Author(s): HERTWECK, Matthias S. Date: 2006 Type of Publication: Working Paper Series/Report no.: EUI ECO Abstract: This paper modifies the standard Mortensen-Pissarides job matching model in order to explain the cyclical behavior of vacancies and unemployment. The modifications include strategic wage bargaining (Hall and Milgrom, ...