Unemployment among younger and older individuals: does conventional data about unemployment tell us the whole story?

Abstract In this research we show that workers aged 30–44 were significantly more likely than those aged 45–59 to find a job a year after being unemployed. The main contribution is demonstrating empirically that since older workers’ difficulties are related to their age, while for younger individual...

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Main Authors: Hila Axelrad, Miki Malul, Israel Luski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-03-01
Series:Journal for Labour Market Research
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12651-018-0237-9

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