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| Title: | | Education, job search and re-employment outcomes among the unemployed  |
| Authors: | | Riddell, W. Craig Song, Xueda |
| Issue Date: | | 2011 |
| Series/Report no.: | | Discussion Paper series, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit 6134 |
| Abstract: | | This study assesses the effects of education on both job search intensity and re-employment success for unemployed workers. Given that the positive correlation between education and job search intensity or re-employment success is likely to be confounded by the endogeneity of education, we make use of data on compulsory schooling laws to create instrumental variables to assess the causal effects of education. Based on data from the Labour Force Survey and the Canadian Census, we find that education both significantly increases job search intensity and significantly improves re-employment success for the unemployed. The evidence on job search intensity provides insights into one potential mechanism through which education may increase the probability of re-employment following unemployment. |
| Subjects: | | education adaptability unemployment job search causal effects compulsory schooling laws |
| JEL: | | I21 J64 |
| Persistent Identifier of the first edition: | | urn:nbn:de:101:1-201112136867 |
| Document Type: | | Working Paper |
| Appears in Collections: | | IZA Discussion Papers, Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA)
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