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Discouraged Worker Effect

The "Discouraged Worker Effect" is a labor market phenomenon in which individuals cease active job searching and exit the official labor force due to prolonged unemployment and the perception that no suitable employment opportunities are available, thereby understating the true level of unemployment.

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Some empirical evidence on the ‘discouraged worker’ effect

Luca Benati · Economics Letters · 2001 · 124 citations

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Converting Unemployment Benefits into Employment Subsidies

Dennis J. Snower · Econstor (Econstor) · 1994 · 121 citations · Full text

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Economic Development and Female Labor Force Participation in Turkey: Time-Series Evidence and Cross-Province Estimates

Aysıt Tansel · RePEc: Research Papers in Economics · 2001 · 119 citations

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The Työhön Job Search Program in Finland: Benefits for the unemployed with risk of depression or discouragement.

Jukka Vuori, Jussi Silvonen, Amiram D. Vinokur et al. · Journal of Occupational Health Psychology · 2002 · 111 citations

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Economic Development and Female Labor Force Participation in Turkey: Time-Series Evidence and Cross-Section Estimates

Aysıt Tansel · SSRN Electronic Journal · 2002 · 101 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. JV
    Jukka Vuori

    Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Finland

    4 publications · 267 citations

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  2. LJ
    Leif Jensen

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    3 publications · 210 citations

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  3. JS
    John S. Earle

    George Mason University, United States

    2 publications · 33 citations

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  4. AD
    Amiram D. Vinokur

    University of Michigan, United States

    2 publications · 207 citations

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  5. JB
    Jason Brown

    Western University, Canada

    2 publications · 33 citations

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Institutions

121

  1. IZA - Institute of Labor Economics

    Bonn, Germany

    7 h-index

    12 publications

    387 citations

  2. University of Bologna

    Bologna, Italy

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    50 citations

  3. Middle East Technical University

    Ankara, Türkiye

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    151 citations

  4. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    239 citations

  5. National Research University Higher School of Economics

    Moscow, Russia

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    66 citations

  6. University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow

    Rzeszów, Poland

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    37 citations

  7. Institut für Arbeitsmarkt und Berufsforschung

    Nuremberg, Germany

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    74 citations

  8. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    153 citations

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  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 9 publications · 329 citations

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  2. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics

    Repository · 7 publications · 272 citations

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  3. Applied Economics Letters

    4 publications · 175 citations

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  4. Rural Sociology

    3 publications · 248 citations

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  5. Econstor (Econstor)

    Repository · 3 publications · 186 citations

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