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Turning Vietnam's COVID-19 Success into Economic Recovery : A Job-Focused Analysis of Individual Assessments on Their Finance and the Economy
Dang, Hai-Anh - 2020
implemented and analyzed a web-based rapid assessment survey immediately after the removal of lockdown measures in Vietnam, a … optimism about the resilience of the economy. Further disaggregating employment into different types of jobs such as self …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012831969
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What Factors Influence Firm Perceptions of Labour Market Constraints to Growth in the MENA Region?
Fakih, Ali - 2015
Labour market constraints constitute prominent obstacles to firm development and economic growth of countries located in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. This paper aims at examining the implications of firm characteristics, national locations, and sectoral associations for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013013595
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Growth with Equity : Income Inequality in Vietnam, 2002–14
Benjamin, Dwayne - 2016
We use the 2002 through 2014 Vietnam Household Living Standards Surveys to construct comparable measures of household … growth been distributed; and do changes in the structure of the economy map into changes in inequality? We explore dimensions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012978153
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Rapid Economic Growth But Rising Poverty Segregation : Will Vietnam Meet the Sdgs for Equitable Development?
Dang, Hai-Anh; Dhongde, Shatakshee; Do, Minh; Nguyen, … - 2023
Vietnam is widely regarded as a success story for its impressive economic growth and poverty reduction in the last few … extensive province-level data from the Vietnam Household Living Standards Surveys (VHLSSs) for every alternate year between 2002 … suggest that policy makers in Vietnam should focus on reducing spatial disparities and income inequality in order to attain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014255737
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Sensitivity of Matching-Based Program Evaluations to the Availability of Control Variables
Lechner, Michael - 2011
Based on new, exceptionally informative and large German linked employer-employee administrative data, we investigate the question whether the omission of important control variables in matching estimation leads to biased impact estimates of typical active labour market programs for the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128839
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The Threat Effect of Participation in Active Labor Market Programs on Job Search Behavior of Migrants in Germany
Bergemann, Annette - 2011
Labor market programs may affect unemployed individuals' behavior before they enroll. Such ex ante effects may differ according to ethnic origin. We apply a novel method that relates self-reported perceived treatment rates and job search behavioral outcomes, such as the reservation wage or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129936
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Dynamic Evaluation of Job Search Assistance
Kastoryano, Stephen - 2011
This paper evaluates a job search assistance program for unemployment insurance recipients. The assignment to the program is dynamic. We provide a discussion on dynamic treatment effects and identification conditions. In the empirical analyses we use administrative data from a unique...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131416
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The IZA Evaluation Dataset : Towards Evidence-Based Labor Policy-Making
Caliendo, Marco - 2011
The evaluation of labor market policies has become an important issue in many European countries. In recent years, many of them have opened their administrative databases for evaluation studies. The advantages of administrative data are straightforward: they are accurate, contain a large number...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131930
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Quick Job Entry or Long-Term Human Capital Development? The Dynamic Effects of Alternative Training Schemes
Osikominu, Aderonke - 2009
This study evaluates and compares the effectiveness of two alternative training schemes for the unemployed: short, job-search oriented training and long, human capital oriented training. We investigate the impact dynamics of these programs considering both unemployment and employment duration....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013153023
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Subsidizing Vocational Training for Disadvantaged Youth in Developing Countries : Evidence from a Randomized Trial
Attanasio, Orazio - 2009
This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized training program for disadvantaged youth introduced in Colombia in 2005. This randomized trial offers a unique opportunity to examine the impact of training in developing countries. We use originally collected data on individuals randomly offered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158515