Getting a full-time job as a part-time unemployed: How much does spatial context matter?

Joel Karlsson () and Jonas Månsson

The Annals of Regional Science, 2014, vol. 53, issue 1, 179-195

Abstract: This paper investigates the extent to which differences in the probability to exit from part-time unemployment to a full-time job are accountable for by spatial contextual factors and individual characteristics. To correctly incorporate contextual effects, a multilevel analysis is applied using a mixed-effects model to explore whether contextual factors account for differences in the probability of transition to full-time employment between individuals with different characteristics. The results indicate that there is a contextual effect and that there are some spatial spill-over effects from neighbouring municipalities, and that the unemployment rate partly explains the context variability. Furthermore, the contextual effect is found to be especially large for individuals without a university degree. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

Keywords: J64; C31; R59 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s00168-014-0623-3

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