scholarly journals Measuring Job-Finding Rates and Matching Efficiency with Heterogeneous Jobseekers

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Hall ◽  
Sam Schulhofer-Wohl
Keyword(s):  
Matching Efficiency ◽  
Job Finding

scholarly journals Measuring Job-Finding Rates and Matching Efficiency with Heterogeneous Job-Seekers

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Hall ◽  
Sam Schulhofer-Wohl
Keyword(s):  
Job Seekers ◽  
Matching Efficiency ◽  
Job Finding ◽  
The Unemployed ◽  
Percent Decline

Matching efficiency is the productivity of the process for matching job-seekers to available jobs. Job-finding is the output; vacant jobs and active job-seekers are the inputs.We develop a framework for measuring matching productivity when the population of job-seekers is heterogeneous. We find that overall matching efficiency declined smoothly over the period from 2001 through 2013. Measures of matching efficiency that neglect heterogeneity among the unemployed and also neglect job-seekers other than the unemployed suggest a large 28 percent decline in efficiency between 2007 and 2009. Most of this apparent decline results from changes in the composition of job-seekers. (JEL E24, J22, J23, J24, J41, J63)

scholarly journals Fiscal stimulus and unemployment dynamics

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chun-Hung Kuo ◽  
Hiroaki Miyamoto
Keyword(s):  
Government Spending ◽  
Structural Var ◽  
Var Model ◽  
Search Frictions ◽  
Fiscal Stimulus ◽  
Job Separation ◽  
The Us ◽  
Matching Efficiency ◽  
Hiring And Firing ◽  
Job Finding

Abstract Focusing on both hiring and firing margins, this paper revisits effects of fiscal stimulus on unemployment. We develop a DSGE model with search frictions where job separation is endogenously determined. The predictions of the model are in contrast with earlier studies that assume exogenous separation. Our model can capture the empirical pattern of responses of the job finding, separation, and unemployment rates to a government spending shock, obtained from a structural VAR model with the US data. However, our model fails to capture the response of vacancies and the volatility of unemployment. We discuss the roles of cyclical movements of matching efficiency and labor force participation to fix this model’s shortcoming.

scholarly journals CGCI-SIFT: A More Efficient and Compact Representation of Local Descriptor

2013 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 132-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dongliang Su ◽  
Jian Wu ◽  
Zhiming Cui ◽  
Victor S. Sheng ◽  
Shengrong Gong
Keyword(s):  
Peripheral Region ◽  
Intensity Difference ◽  
Compact Representation ◽  
Interest Point ◽  
Local Descriptor ◽  
Geometric Transformations ◽  
Intensity Information ◽  
Matching Efficiency ◽  
Inner Region ◽  
Better Than

This paper proposes a novel invariant local descriptor, a combination of gradient histograms with contrast intensity (CGCI), for image matching and object recognition. Considering the different contributions of sub-regions inside a local interest region to an interest point, we divide the local interest region around the interest point into two main sub-regions: an inner region and a peripheral region. Then we describe the divided regions with gradient histogram information for the inner region and contrast intensity information for the peripheral region respectively. The contrast intensity information is defined as intensity difference between an interest point and other pixels in the local region. Our experimental results demonstrate that the proposed descriptor performs better than SIFT and its variants PCA-SIFT and SURF with various optical and geometric transformations. It also has better matching efficiency than SIFT and its variants PCA-SIFT and SURF, and has the potential to be used in a variety of realtime applications.

scholarly journals Nonparametric Instrumental Variable Methods for Dynamic Treatment Evaluation

2020 ◽  
Vol 102 (2) ◽  
pp. 355-367
Author(s):  
Gerard J. van den Berg ◽  
Petyo Bonev ◽  
Enno Mammen
Keyword(s):  
Instrumental Variable ◽  
Causal Effect ◽  
Asymptotic Properties ◽  
Right Censoring ◽  
Unemployment Duration ◽  
Dynamic Selection ◽  
Average Causal Effect ◽  
Variable Approach ◽  
Dynamic Treatment ◽  
Job Finding

We develop an instrumental variable approach for identification of dynamic treatment effects on survival outcomes in the presence of dynamic selection, noncompliance, and right-censoring. The approach is nonparametric and does not require independence of observed and unobserved characteristics or separability assumptions. We propose estimation procedures and derive asymptotic properties. We apply our approach to evaluate a policy reform in which the pathway of unemployment benefits as a function of the unemployment duration is modified. Those who were unemployed at the reform date could choose between the old and the new regime. We find that the new regime has a positive average causal effect on the job finding rate.

scholarly journals Geloof in eigen kunnen: het effect van JOBS, een groepsinterventie voor werklozen

2006 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Veerle Brenninkmeijer ◽  
Arjan Van Houwelingen ◽  
Roland Blonk ◽  
Nico Van Yperen
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Group Intervention ◽  
Group Training ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Absolute Level ◽  
Theoretical Comparison ◽  
Short And Long Term ◽  
Job Finding ◽  
The Unemployed

Self-efficacy: the Effect of JOBS, a Group Intervention for the Unemployed Self-efficacy: the Effect of JOBS, a Group Intervention for the Unemployed Veerle Brenninkmeijer, Arjan Van Houwelingen, Roland Blonk & Nico Van Yperen, Gedrag & Organisatie, Volume 19, Juni 2006, nr. 2, pp. 97. This study is about the JOBS training, a group training for the unemployed (Vinokur, Van Ryn, Gramlich & Price, 1991) by increasing individuals' self-efficacy. First, a theoretical comparison was made between Bandura's (1977a) four sources of self-efficacy and the components of the JOBS training. Subsequently, we tested the effect of JOBS on self-efficacy in a longitudinal study among 281 JOBS participants. JOBS indeed increased the self-efficacy at both the short and long term (after one and six months). The increase on the short term was stronger among women. The increase in self-efficacy was not related to the actual job finding, but the absolute level of self-efficacy was.

scholarly journals Inside Iranian Freelance Simultaneous Conference Interpreters’ Experience: A thematic Analysis of Narratives

Hikma ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 183-206
Author(s):  
Mehrnoosh Fakharzadeh ◽  
Simin Kazemi
Keyword(s):  
Ad Hoc ◽  
Language Brokering ◽  
Job Experience ◽  
Professional Occupation ◽  
Iranian Context ◽  
Job Finding ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Interpretation Studies ◽  
Analysis Of Narratives

Although several studies have examined translators' and interpreters' experience in various contexts, relatively few studies have attempted to explore the freelance simultaneous conference interpreters' experience in the Iranian context. In this country, the increasing number of international conferences is creating a demand for quality conference interpretation. In this study, we used qualitative analysis of narratives to delve into the experience of eight freelance simultaneous conference interpreters in Iran to realize their perception of their job and the impact of contextual factors on the quality of their experience as well as that of interpretation. Three themes, namely job-finding experience, on-the-job-experience, and the locus of the problems were extracted from eleven sub-themes. Overall, the narratives characterized interpreting in Iran as a non-professional occupation that amounts to an ad hoc event, language brokering, and ability-oriented task. The findings can raise some critical considerations for stakeholders involved in the field of translation and interpretation studies as well as practitioners.

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