Microeconomic analysis of unemployment persistence in Belgium
This study investigates the causes of unemployment persistence among the Belgian labour force. The underlying issue was to determine the impact of past unemployment spells on future labour market opportunities. Some European studies have demonstrated the existence of a true causal relationship between successive unemployment spells implying a stigmatisation effect for the unemployed. This so-called state dependence can occur through a reduction in human capital or through employer recruitment and labour retention practices. The model used is a dynamic random effects probit model controlling fo... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | workingPaper |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2007 |
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DULBEA - Université libre de Bruxelles
Bruxelles |
Schlagwörter: | Economie / unemployment persistence / state dependence / dynamic random effects probit model / unobserved heterogeneity / initial condition / Belgium |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26981196 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/8020 |