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Active labor market policy effects for women in Europe - a survey

Bergemann, Annette; van den Berg, Gerard - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2007

We survey the recent literature on the effects of active labor market policies on individual labor market outcomes like employment and income, for adult female individuals without work in European countries. We consider skill-training programs, monitoring and sanctions, job search assistance,...

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From giving birth to paid labor: the effects of adult education for prime-aged mothers

Bergemann, Annette; den Berg, Gerard J. van - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2014

Women without work after childbirth are at risk of losing their connection to the labor market. However, they may participate in adult education programs. We analyze the effect of this on the duration to work and on the wage rate, by applying conditional difference-in-differences approaches. We...

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The Price of Security: On the Causality and Impact of Lay-off Risks on Wages

Arent, Stefan; Nagl, Wolfgang - ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der … - 2011

We examine the impact of lay-off risks on wages. Portfolio as well as search theoreticmodelling predicts higher exogenous lay-off risks to go along with higher wages. But,an impact of wages on lay-off risks (e.g., endogenous job destruction) is also plausible.Using the German BA Employment Panel...

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Better Safe than Sorry? The Effects of Income Risk, Unemployment Risk and the Interaction of these Risks on Wages

Nagl, Wolfgang - ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der … - 2012

We examine whether income and unemployment risks are compensated by individual wages. Using a portfolio approach we … show that the marginal income risk effect on wages is always positive whereas the marginal unemployment risk effect …

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Unemployment Benefit and Wages: The Impact of the Labor Market Reform in Germany on (Reservation) Wages

Arent, Stefan; Nagl, Wolfgang - ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der … - 2011

In this paper, we contribute to the literature on the impact of the unemployment benefit on (reservation) wages. We use … the German BA-Employment Panel (2008) to identify the effect of a reduced unemployment benefit due to the labor market … reform of 2005 in Germany. Using this unique experiment, we find strong evidence that a lower unemployment benefit has an …

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Measuring the NAIRU in the Spanish Economy

Estrada, Ángel; Hernando, Ignacio; López-Salido, J. David - Banco de España - 2000

This paper addresses the issue of measuring the NAIRU in the Spanish economy. We implement some of the procedures proposed in the literature to estimate the NAIRU, describing their advantages and disadvantages. Our analysis shows that these alternative approaches provide significantly different...

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The knowledge lift: The Swedish adult education program that aimed to eliminate low worker skill levels

Albrecht, James; den Berg, Gerard J van; Vroman, Susan - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2004

The Swedish adult education program called Knowledge Lift is unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of all low-skilled workers towards the medium level. This paper evaluates the effects of program participation on individual labor market outcomes, notably employment...

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The aggregate labor market effects of the Swedish knowledge lift program

Albrecht, James; den Berg, Gerard J van; Vroman, Susan - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2007

The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift (1997-2002) was unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of large numbers of low-skill workers. This paper evaluates the potential effects of this program on aggregate labor market outcomes. This is done...

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