PMMA-12800 Wage ‘scarring’ when youth unemployment is extremely high: Evidence from Macedonia

Abstract

The aim of this study is to assess how the duration of the unemployment spell of Macedonian youth affects later employment (the employment ‘scarring’ effect) and wage outcomes (the wage ‘scarring’ effect). For this purpose, we first devise a model in which the unemployment spell is determined by individual and household characteristics, and work attitudes and preferences. A discrete-time duration method is used to estimate this model. Then, we rely on standard employment and Mincer earnings functions. We repeatedly impute missing wages to address the selection of observables, and use the regional unemployment rate when the individual finished school as an instrument to mitigate the selection of unobservable. The School to Work Transition Survey 2012 is used. Results robustly suggest a presence of an employment scar as those young persons who stayed unemployed over a longer period of time were found to have lower chances of finding a job afterwards. On the other hand, the study does not provide evidence for the existence of a wage scar.


Members

Project leader: Marjan Petreski

Project researchers: Nikica Mojsoska-Blazevski | Maja Ristovska | Dane Todorovski

Scientific mentors: Marcelo Bérgolo


Journal publication

Authors Co-Authors Title of paper Title of Economic Review Bibliographic references
Marjan Petreski Nikica Mojsoska-Blazevski and Marcelo Bergolo Labor-market scars when youth unemployment is extremely high: Evidence from Macedonia Eastern European Economics

Volume 55, November 2016, pages 168-196


Working Papers

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Labor-market scars when youth unemployment is extremely high: Evidence from Macedonia 2016-12-02 2844.41KB 0 0

Policy Briefs

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Labor market scarring for youth in Macedonia 2016-11-01 451.26KB 0 0

Final report

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2016-09-02 936.85KB 0 0

Proposal

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2016-04-29 154.77KB 1 1

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