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Education and labour market transitions : a survival analysis using Portuguese data
| Resumo: | In the recent past, there has been a generalized investment in education across several countries including Portugal; however the rising of educational driven by youths has been followed by an increase in unemployment rate, with especial incidence among youths. Using a duration analysis framework in continuous time and the Portuguese LFS from 1998 to 2009, we aim to evaluate the role of education in labour market. Namely, we want to access whether education prevents unemployment for those who have a job and whether if it helps unemployed finding a job. Our results show that more educated individuals, with a high school diploma or higher, have lower hazard of job loss. Among those who lost their job or are looking for their first job, we found evidence that college graduates have higher prospects of finding a job. Those results seem to suggest that employers prefer more skilled workers, in accordance with the idea that education increases the individual’s productivity. |
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| Autores principais: | Oliveira, Célio Duarte Pereira |
| Assunto: | Education Labour market transitions Employment Unemployment Duration analysis Educação Transições no mercado de trabalho Emprego Desemprego Modelos de duração |
| Ano: | 2014 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | dissertação de mestrado |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade do Minho |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho |
| Resumo: | In the recent past, there has been a generalized investment in education across several countries including Portugal; however the rising of educational driven by youths has been followed by an increase in unemployment rate, with especial incidence among youths. Using a duration analysis framework in continuous time and the Portuguese LFS from 1998 to 2009, we aim to evaluate the role of education in labour market. Namely, we want to access whether education prevents unemployment for those who have a job and whether if it helps unemployed finding a job. Our results show that more educated individuals, with a high school diploma or higher, have lower hazard of job loss. Among those who lost their job or are looking for their first job, we found evidence that college graduates have higher prospects of finding a job. Those results seem to suggest that employers prefer more skilled workers, in accordance with the idea that education increases the individual’s productivity. |
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