Search Results - "Cockx, Bart"

Working time reductions at the end of the career: Do they prolong the time spent in employment? by Albanese, Andrea, Cockx, Bart, Thuy, Yannick

“…In this paper, we study the effects on the survival rate in the employment of a scheme that facilitates gradual retirement through working time reductions. We…”
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Labour costs and the decision to hire the first employee by Cockx, Bart, Desiere, Sam

“…•In 2016, Belgium permanently exempted new employers from social security contributions (SSC) for the first employee.•This policy enables studying the…”
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The demand for physician services: Evidence from a natural experiment by Cockx, Bart, Brasseur, Carine

“…This study exploits a natural experiment in Belgium to estimate the effect of copayment increases on the demand for physician services. It shows how a…”
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Permanent wage cost subsidies for older workers. An effective tool for employment retention and postponing early retirement? by Albanese, Andrea, Cockx, Bart

“…•The empirical literature on wage cost subsidy targeted at older workers is scarce.•We rely on administrative data with the employment history of individuals…”
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Scars of recessions in a rigid labor market by Cockx, Bart, Ghirelli, Corinna

“…We study the impact of graduating in recessions in the Belgian labor market, where high minimum wages protect the low educated against wage losses but possibly…”
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Scarring effects of remaining unemployed for long-term unemployed school-leavers by Cockx, Bart, Picchio, Matteo

“…This study investigates whether and to what extent further unemployment experience for youths who are already long term unemployed imposes a penalty on…”
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Long-term effects of hiring subsidies for low-educated unemployed youths by Albanese, Andrea, Cockx, Bart, Dejemeppe, Muriel

“…We use regression discontinuity design and difference-in-differences methods to estimate the impact of a one-time hiring subsidy for low-educated unemployed…”
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Priority to unemployed immigrants? A causal machine learning evaluation of training in Belgium by Cockx, Bart, Lechner, Michael, Bollens, Joost

“…•Which training programme works best for whom, and how to improve assignment?•Causal machine learning provides methods to answer these questions.•Substantial…”
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Overeducation at the start of the career: Stepping stone or trap? by Baert, Stijn, Cockx, Bart, Verhaest, Dieter

“…This study investigates whether young unemployed graduates who accept a job below their level of education accelerate or delay the transition into a job that…”
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IS THERE LESS DISCRIMINATION IN OCCUPATIONS WHERE RECRUITMENT IS DIFFICULT? by BAERT, STIJN, COCKX, BART, GHEYLE, NIELS, VANDAMME, CORA

“…The authors empirically test the cross-sectional relationship between hiring discrimination and labor market tightness at the level of the occupation. To this…”
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Modeling the effects of grade retention in high school by Cockx, Bart, Picchio, Matteo, Baert, Stijn

“…Summary A dynamic discrete‐choice model is set up to estimate the effects of grade retention in high school, both in the short run (end‐of‐year evaluation) and…”
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Tightening eligibility requirements for unemployment benefits. Impact on educational attainment by Cockx, Bart, Declercq, Koen, Dejemeppe, Muriel

“…•Belgian youths with little or no work record are entitled to unemployment benefits.•This favorable scheme reduces the returns to education.•Tighter…”
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Are Short-lived Jobs Stepping Stones to Long-Lasting Jobs? by Cockx, Bart, Picchio, Matteo

“…This article assesses whether short‐lived jobs (lasting one quarter or less and involuntarily ending in unemployment) are stepping stones to long‐lasting jobs…”
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Pure ethnic gaps in educational attainment and school to work transitions: When do they arise? by Baert, Stijn, Cockx, Bart

“…•We decompose ethnic schooling and employment gaps in endowment and pure ethnic parts.•We take schooling delay into account and identify when pure ethnic gaps…”
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Monitoring job search effort: An evaluation based on a regression discontinuity design by Cockx, Bart, Dejemeppe, Muriel

“…Since July 2004, the job search effort of long-term unemployed benefit claimants has been monitored in Belgium. We exploit the discontinuity in the treatment…”
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Analysis of Transition Data by the Minimum-Chi-Square Method: An Application to Welfare Spells in Belgium by Cockx, Bart L. W.

“…In this paper we analyze transition data by means of the minimum-chi-square (MCS) method instead of the more commonly used maximum-likelihood (ML) method. The…”
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Effectiveness of a job vacancy referral scheme by Bollens, Joost, Cockx, Bart

“…The public employment service (PES) makes use in many countries of vacancy referrals as to facilitate the matching between unemployed workers and vacancies…”
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Imperfect Monitoring of Job Search: Structural Estimation and Policy Design by Cockx, Bart, Dejemeppe, Muriel, Launov, Andrey, Van der Linden, Bruno

“…We build and estimate a nonstationary structural job search model that incorporates the main stylized features of a typical job search monitoring scheme in…”
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Waiting longer before claiming, and activating youth: no point? by Cockx, Bart, Van Belle, Eva

“…Purpose The purpose of this paper is to estimate the impact of two policies (an extension of the waiting period before entitlement to unemployment insurance…”
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How does working‐time flexibility affect workers' productivity in a routine job? Evidence from a field experiment by Boltz, Marie, Cockx, Bart, Diaz, Ana Maria, Salas, Luz Magdalena

“…We conducted an experiment in which we hired workers under different types of contracts to evaluate how flexible working time affects on‐the‐job productivity…”
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