scholarly journals Shortening the Potential Duration of Unemployment Benefits and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Germany

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inna Petrunyk ◽  
Christian Pfeifer
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Natural Experiment ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Unemployment Benefits ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Duration Of Unemployment

scholarly journals Unemployment in an Interdependent World

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 262-301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel J Felbermayr ◽  
Mario Larch ◽  
Wolfgang Lechthaler
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Relative Size ◽  
Labor Market Institutions ◽  
Unemployment Benefits ◽  
Real Wages ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Trade Model ◽  
Theoretical Predictions ◽  
Set Up

How do changes in labor market institutions, like more generous unemployment benefits in one country, affect labor market outcomes in other countries? We set up a two-country Armingtonian trade model with frictions on the goods and labor markets. Contrary to the literature, higher labor market frictions increase unemployment at home and abroad. The strength of the spillover depends on the relative size of countries and on trade costs. It is exacerbated when real wages are rigid. Using panel data for 20 rich OECD countries, and controlling for institutions as well as for business cycle comovement, we confirm our theoretical predictions. (JEL E24, F16, J64, J65)

scholarly journals Imprisonment and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

2018 ◽  
Vol 124 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Harding ◽  
Jeffrey D. Morenoff ◽  
Anh P. Nguyen ◽  
Shawn D. Bushway
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Natural Experiment ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Market Outcomes

scholarly journals The Big Sort: College Reputation and Labor Market Outcomes

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Bentley MacLeod ◽  
Evan Riehl ◽  
Juan E. Saavedra ◽  
Miguel Urquiola
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Administrative Data ◽  
Natural Experiment ◽  
Labor Market Outcomes ◽  
Market Model ◽  
Market Outcomes ◽  
Earnings Growth ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Competitive Labor Market ◽  
Simple Definition

We explore how college reputation affects the “big sort,” the process by which students choose colleges and find their first jobs. We incorporate a simple definition of college reputation—graduates' mean admission scores—into a competitive labor market model. This generates a clear prediction: if employers use reputation to set wages, then the introduction of a new measure of individual skill will decrease the return to reputation. Administrative data and a natural experiment from the country of Colombia confirm this. Finally, we show that college reputation is positively correlated with graduates' earnings growth, suggesting that reputation matters beyond signaling individual skill. (JEL I23, I26, J24, J31)

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