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Estimating the Effect of a Retraining Program on the Re-Employment Rate of Displaced Workers
Cavaco, Sandra; Fougère, Denis; Pouget, Julien - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
In this paper we estimate by matching techniques the effects of a French retraining program on the reemployment rate of laid-off workers. This program, called “Conventions de conversion”, was intended to improve reemployment prospects of displaced workers by proposing them retraining and job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124280
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Racial Discrimination Among NBA Referees
Price, Joseph; Wolfers, Justin - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
performance. (Commissioner Stern has claimed that NBA referees “are the most ranked, rated, reviewed, statistically analyzed and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005114190
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And Then There Were Four... How Many (and Which) Measures of Active Labour Market Policy Do We Still Need?
Eichhorst, Werner; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
Through the Hartz reforms, German active labour market policy was fundamentally restructured and has since been … systematically evaluated. This paper reviews the recent evaluation findings and draws some conclusions for the future setup of active … labour market policies in Germany. It argues in favour of a reduced range of active labour market policy schemes focusing on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789154
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The Success of Job Applications: A New Approach to Programme Evaluation
Falk, Armin; Lalive, Rafael; Zweimüller, Josef - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
In this Paper, we suggest a novel approach to programme evaluation that allows identification of the causal effect of a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791357