Differences in Unemployment Duration: A Regional or a Personal Problem?

Folmer, Hendrik; Dijk, Jouke van

doi:10.1080/00036848800000127

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“…The lower exit rates for the 52 and older group are in line with the literature (Bover and Gómez, 2004;Arranz et al 2010;Bover et al, 2002). They may have higher reservation wages due to accumulated labour experience (Folmer and van Dijk, 1988) and more difficulties to adapt to a new job (Narendranathan and Nickell, 1985). In addition, there may 18 be a disincentive effect of the special subsidy for older unemployed until retirement age.…”

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Unemployment Transitions to Stable and Unstable Jobs Before and During the Crisis

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2014

SSRN Journal

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Using administrative records data from Spanish Social Security, we analyse the pattern and the determinants of individual unemployment benefit spell durations. We compare a period of expansion (2005)(2006)(2007) and the recent recession (2009)(2010)(2011), allowing us to determine the impact of the current crisis. In line with the duality that characterizes the Spanish labour market, we distinguish between exits to a stable job and exits to an unstable job. We estimate a Multivariate Mixed Proportional Hazard Model for each time period. We find similar effects of the crisis for stable and unstable jobs, which are particularly strong in the first year of the spell. Moreover, slight negative duration dependence is found, especially for stable jobs in the expansion period until the time of unemployment benefit expires.Individuals who are most affected by the financial crisis tend to be males, those aged 16-24 and 40-51 years, those living in regions with higher unemployment rates, individuals who are less qualified or work in manual occupations (particularly construction) and immigrants.

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Section: Personal Characteristicssupporting

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Unemployment Transitions to Stable and Unstable Jobs Before and During the Crisis

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2014

SSRN Journal

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“…Taylor and Walker, 1998). Older workers may also have higher reservation wages due to more labour experience (Folmer and van Dijk, 1988) or more difficulties to adapt to a new job (Narendranathan and Nickell, 1985). Once a new job is accepted, this job is shorter for younger workers and longer for the middle-aged workers compared with those aged 52-65.…”

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Unemployment Exits Before and During the Crisis

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2017

Labour

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Using administrative data from Spain, we compare the pattern and the determinants of individual unemployment durations and the stability of jobs found after unemployment before and during the recent crisis. We find particularly strong effects of the crisis on the hazards in the beginning of the unemployment spell. The groups hit hardest by the crisis are men, immigrants, older workers, and low‐educated individuals. The disadvantage of men is mainly due to the more pro‐cyclical nature of men's jobs. The increase in average unemployment duration and the fall in the duration of new jobs are not explained by composition effects.

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“…Employers have a natural tendency to prefer the employed and recent school graduates to the unemployed because the latter are assumed to be less qualified. This applies in particular to the medium and long-term unemployed, a group strongly overrepresented among individuals registered at the PES (Folmer and Van Dijk, 1987). Employed workers and recent school graduates usually do not initially register at the PES so employers tend to exploit the personal and formal recruitment channels maintained outside the PES.…”

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Worker Endowments and the Effects of Institutions on Earnings Realization: A Cross‐National Comparison

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Journal of Regional Science

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In this study we investigate how differential institutions, and their observance within regional labor markets, impact potential earnings realization. We investigate institutional linkages to labor market outcomes by means of cross-nation comparisons between the United States and the Netherlands. In this regard, better job-matching (information) programs, higher relative unemployment benefits and minimum wages, and a greater prevalence of both trade unionism and collective bargaining likely work to the favor of Dutch workers, and in turnaugment their reservation wages during job search. The predictable outcome of higher earnings realization among Dutch workers is tested econometrically by frontier estimation. Copyright 2000 Blackwell Publishers inc.

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Differences in Unemployment Duration: A Regional or a Personal Problem?

Cited by 24 publications

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Unemployment Transitions to Stable and Unstable Jobs Before and During the Crisis

Unemployment Transitions to Stable and Unstable Jobs Before and During the Crisis

Unemployment Exits Before and During the Crisis

Worker Endowments and the Effects of Institutions on Earnings Realization: A Cross‐National Comparison

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