scholarly journals Optimal Use of Labor Market Policies: The Role of Job Search Assistance

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Conny Wunsch
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Labor Market Policies

THE DRIVERS OF LABOR INCOME INEQUALITY — A LITERATURE REVIEW

2013 ◽  
Vol 04 (01) ◽  
pp. 1350004 ◽  
Author(s):  
RAFAL KIERZENKOWSKI ◽  
ISABELL KOSKE
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Income Inequality ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
General Trend ◽  
Labor Income ◽  
Labor Market Policies ◽  
Biased Technological Change ◽  
Key Drivers ◽  
Main Determinants

Despite a general trend of increasing labor income inequality, there have been differences in the timing, intensity and even direction of these changes across OECD countries. These stylized facts have led to numerous studies about the main determinants of labor income inequality and, as a result, a significant revision of the previous consensus about the key drivers. The most researched channels include skill-biased technological change, international trade, immigration, education as well as the role of labor market policies and institutions.

scholarly journals Focused for Some, Exploratory for Others: Job Search Strategies and Successful University-to-Work Transitions in the Context of Labor Market Ambiguity

2021 ◽  
pp. 089484532110160
Author(s):  
Belgin Okay-Somerville ◽  
Dora Scholarios
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Search Strategies ◽  
School To Work ◽  
Job Match ◽  
Work Transitions ◽  
And Mathematics ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Relationship

This article examines the role of student job search strategies that differ in goal-directedness (focused, exploratory, and haphazard) in achieving successful university-to-work transitions (i.e., employment in jobs with high skill use/development and qualification–job match). The relationship between job search and employment outcomes is considered in two labor market contexts—high or low ambiguity—which are represented by the comparison between arts, humanities, and social sciences (AHSS) and science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates, respectively. Using two-wave survey data, we find that job search strategies during university do not explain, yet differentially impact, successful outcomes one year after graduation. Fully exploring opportunities was particularly beneficial for STEM graduates (low ambiguity context) and more focused job search was beneficial for AHSS graduates (high ambiguity context). Paradoxically, findings both question and reinforce the efficacy of career agency for overcoming barriers to labor market entry, depending on the job search context. The study contributes to the agency and context debates relevant for school-to-work transitions.

scholarly journals La eficiencia de los servicios públicos de empleo en España en un escenario descentralizado: Un análisis desde la perspectiva de la oferta

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 757
Author(s):  
Patricia Suárez Cano ◽  
Matías Mayor Fernández ◽  
Begoña Cueto Iglesias
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Public Employment ◽  
Employment Services ◽  
Autonomous Communities ◽  
Labor Market Policies ◽  
Active Labor ◽  
Active Labor Market Policies ◽  
Active Labor Market ◽  
Level Analysis

The article aims to study the role of Public Employment Services (PES) in the Spanish labor market. In order to achieve such an aim, there has been carried out a provincial-level analysis that incorporates several spatial aspects, the decentralization of active labor market policies and the existence of PES dependent on the autonomous communities. Economic theory indicates that the market share of PES is higher in those regions in which the labor market is less dynamic.

scholarly journals Family Job Search, Wage Bargaining, and Optimal Unemployment Insurance

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Susanne Ek ◽  
Bertil Holmlund
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Unemployment Insurance ◽  
Job Search ◽  
Wage Bargaining ◽  
Equilibrium Search ◽  
Market Status ◽  
Spousal Labor ◽  
Wage Outcomes

Abstract In this paper we develop an equilibrium search and matching model where two-person families as well as singles participate in the labor market. We show that equilibrium entails wage dispersion among equally productive risk-averse workers. Marital status as well as spousal labor market status matters for wage outcomes. In general, employed members of two-person families receive higher wages than employed singles. The model is applied to a welfare analysis of alternative unemployment insurance systems, recognizing the role of spousal employment as a partial substitute for public insurance. The optimal system involves benefit differentiation based on marital status as well as spousal labor market status.

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