Unemployment duration among immigrants and natives: unobserved heterogeneity in a multi-spell duration model [PDF]
This paper studies whether the unemployment dynamics of immigrants differ from those of natives, paying special attention to the impact of accounting for unobserved heterogeneity among individuals.
García Pérez, J. Ignacio +3 more
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Factors Determining Callbacks to Job Applications by the Unemployed: An Audit Study
We use an audit study approach to investigate how unemployment duration, age, and holding a low-level interim job while applying for a better job affect the likelihood that experienced college-educated females applying for an administrative support job ...
Henry S. Farber +2 more
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Overeducation and unemployment spells’ duration
AbstractThis work proposes an investigation of educational mismatch focusing on the study of individuals’ unemployment spells. We present evidence for Italy, showing that overeducation is basically an occurrence that follows long periods of unemployment and it is strictly related to individuals’ innate ability. We build up a matching model coupled with
ORDINE, Patrizia, ROSE, Giuseppe
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The Impact of the Potential Duration of Unemployment Benefits on the Duration of Unemployment [PDF]
This paper uses two data sets to examine the impact of the potential duration of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits on the duration of unemployment and the time pattern of the escape rate from unemployment in the United States.
Bruce D. Meyer, Lawrence F. Katz
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Food insecurity and unemployment among immigrants in the United States
Abstract Immigrants can be more vulnerable to economic downturns and, during periods of economic hardship, more likely to experience food insecurity compared to natives. This study examines the differential effect of the unemployment rate on the probability of being food insecure among diverse groups of immigrant households relative to natives in the ...
Siwen Zhou +3 more
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Determinants of Unemployment Duration in Russia [PDF]
Using information contained in a nationally representative, longitudinal survey of Russian citizens, this research analyzes the determinants of unemployment duration during the early stages of economic transition. A competing-risks, discrete-time waiting
Mark C. Foley
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The rain feels different under the same umbrella: Experiences with poverty across LGBTQ subgroups
Abstract Population‐based survey data have demonstrated that LGBTQ communities report varying rates of economic insecurity, yet very little research directly assesses how pathways into and experiences with poverty look different among subgroups at the intersections of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).
Bianca D. M. Wilson, Lillian Nguyen
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Exits from unemployment : recall or new job [PDF]
This paper studies transitions out of unemployment in Spain distinguishing between recall to the same employer and reemployment in a new job. We use a large sample of newly unemployed workers obtained from Social Security records for Spain.
Alba Ramírez, Alfonso +5 more
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Unemployment in Switzerland in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic: an intertemporal perspective
The following contribution compares the unemployment situation arising from the lockdown induced by the Covid-19 pandemic with previous employment crises in Switzerland.
George Sheldon
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The Made‐in‐Africa Evaluation framework: A decolonial approach to program evaluation
Abstract The Made in Africa Evaluation (MAE) framework is a decolonial approach to program evaluation developed by African evaluators over the past 14 years. MAE may be appropriate to community psychologists who practice program evaluation or conduct research in Africa, but little is known about its implementation.
Takatso Sibanda, Robin Lin Miller
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