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The Role of Education for the Duration of Unemployment in Gorj Country
The Role of Education for the Duration of Unemployment in Gorj Country

Author(s): Daniela Emanuela Dănăcică, Ana-Gabriela Babucea
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: unemployment; education level; labor market Romania; gender; labour

Summary/Abstract: In this paper are presented the results of the ASO international project “The Role of Education for the Duration of Unemployment” for Gorj County. Using techniques to estimate models for duration data, like the Kaplan Meier method and Cox’s proportional hazard model, this project answer to the following question: does the education level influence the duration of unemployment in Gorj County? The influences of age and gender on duration of unemployment spells are also estimated.

  • Issue Year: 52/2007
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 67-82
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: English