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The Aggregate Labour Market Effects of the Swedish Knowledge Lift Program
Albrecht, James; den Berg, Gerard J van; Vroman, Susan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
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 labour market outcomes. This is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123553
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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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651895
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010747874
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Wage Rigidities in Western Germany: Microeconometric Evidence from the 1990s
Puhani, Patrick A - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
the hypothesis that a rigid wage structure has been responsible for rising low-skilled unemployment, I propose a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666858
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Active Labour Market Policy Effects for Women in Europe - A Survey
Bergemann, Annette; den Berg, Gerard J van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
We survey the recent literature on the effects of active labour market policies on individual labour 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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662001
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021247
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011273085
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Can Insider Power Affect Employment?
Diaz-Vazquez, Pilar; Snower, Dennis J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
Do firms reduce employment when their insiders (established, incumbent employees) claim higher wages? The conventional answer in the theoretical literature is that insider power has no influence on employment, provided that the newly hired employees (entrants) receive their reservation wages....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123530
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009143963
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651871