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Labour market research analyses the transition between the states of economically inactive and active. They show that the characteristics of the unemployed can significantly influence the probability and intensity of transition from one state to another one. Some researchers stress that it is worthwhile to differentiate between the states of the jobless persons, for example the unemployed and those not participating in the labour market. The presented study fits into the scope of multi-state labour market models. Its aim is to assess the gender impact of the unemployed on the duration of registered unemployment and on the duration of staying out of the labour office, taking into account the various reasons for de-registration. Due to their diversity, they are divided into three groups: taking up job, removal and other reasons. The flow of unemployed people in two directions was studied. The probability and intensity of exiting and re-registering in total and according to gender was analysed. In both cases, the reason for de-registration was considered. It applied methods of survival analysis from the area of competing risk models. The study was based on data from the Poviat Labour Office in Szczecin (Poland). Despite the restrictions imposed by the office on persons being de-registered, a frequent reason for registration is still the desire to have health insurance and the desire to receive pre-retirement benefit/assistance allowance.
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Bieszk-Stolorz, B. (2021). Models of Competing Events in Assessing the Effects of the Transition of Unemployed People Between the States of Registration and De-Registration. In: Jajuga, K., Najman, K., Walesiak, M. (eds) Data Analysis and Classification. SKAD 2020. Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75190-6_13
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