Working Paper 10-15 - The relationship between unemployment duration and education - The case of school leavers in Belgium

Marie Duvivier and Maritza López-Novella

Working Papers from Federal Planning Bureau, Belgium

Abstract: In this study, we investigate the exit rates from unemployment associated with different levels of education in Belgium during two periods characterised respectively by high (2002-2007) and low economic growth (2009-2014). Our estimated exit probabilities confirm that the chances of leaving unemployment are substantially higher for young unemployed who have followed post-secondary education. Moreover, the probabilities of leaving unemployment for low- and medium-skilled school leavers considerably deteriorated between the two periods. On the one hand, the penalty associated with lower education slightly increased while, on the other hand, the advantage associated with postgraduate tertiary education reinforced itself. Finally, our results show considerable heterogeneity according to region of residence and gender.

JEL-codes: C41 I2 J64 J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-12-23
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