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Lechner, Michael (contributor); Miquel, Ruth (contributor); … - 2005

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Are training programs more effective when unemployment is high?

Lechner, Michael (contributor); Wunsch, Conny (contributor) - 2007

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Are training programs more effective when unemployment is high?

Lechner, Michael (contributor); Wunsch, Conny (contributor) - 2006

We estimate short, medium, and long-run individual labor market effects of training programs for unemployed by following program participation on a monthly basis over a ten-year period. Since analyzing the effectiveness of training over such a long period is impossible with experimental data, we...

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Makroökonomische Evaluation der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik der Schweiz : [Studie im Auftrag der Aufsichtskommission für den Ausgleichsfonds der Arbeitslosenversicherung]

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Treatment versus regime effects of carrots and sticks

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Public Employment Service (PES) agencies and caseworkers (CW) often have substantial leeway in the design and implementation of active labor market policies (ALMP) for the unemployed, resulting in variation of usage. This paper presents a novel framework in which this variation is used for the...

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The impact of active labor market programs and benefit entitlement rules on the duration of unemployment

Lalive, Rafael; Ours, Jan C. van; Zweimüller, Josef - 2000

transition rate to jobs increases for Swiss women but not for Swiss men. However, the job hazard rate is strongly reduced during … durations for women. (ii) Once the unemployment spell approaches the expiration of unconditional benefit entitlement the job …-hazard rate increases strongly, both for women and for men. (iii) There are important selectivity effects for Swiss females, but …

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Do firms benefit from active labour market policies?

Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny; Scioch, Patrycja - 2013

This paper investigates the link between variation in the supply of workers who participate in specific types of active labour market policies (ALMPs) and firm performance using a new exceptionially informative German employer-employee data base. For identification we exploit that German local...

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Do firms benefit from active labour market policies?

Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny; Scioch, Patrycja - 2013 - This version: September 2013

This paper investigates the link between variation in the supply of workers who participate in specific types of active labour market policies (ALMPs) and firm performance using a new exceptionally informative German employer-employee data base. For identification we exploit that German local...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009792179

How to minimize lock-in effects of programs for unemployed workers : appopriate timing and targeting of activation programs for the unemployed can help improve their cost-effective...

Wunsch, Conny - 2016

Activation programs, such as job search assistance, training, or work experience programs for unemployed workers, typically initially produce negative employment effects. These so-called “lock-in effects” occur because participants spend less time and effort on job search activities than...

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Are training programs more effective when unemployment is high?

Lechner, Michael; Wunsch, Conny - 2006

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