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Vollbeschäftigung ist keine Utopie: Arbeitsmarktpolitisches Programm des IZA

Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Schneider, Hilmar; Eichhorst, Werner - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Das Arbeitsmarktprogramm des Instituts zur Zukunft der Arbeit benennt die wichtigsten Aufgaben der Arbeitsmarktpolitik für die nächste Legislaturperiode und darüber hinaus. Thematische Schwerpunkte des IZA-Programms sind unter anderem die Schaffung von Erwerbsanreizen durch das...

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Agenda 2020: Strategien für eine Politik der Vollbeschäftigung

Schneider, Hilmar; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

vor: (1) Bildungsreform: Das Bildungssystem muss der Bedeutung frühkindlicher Bildung stärker Rechnung tragen als bisher …

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Konzentration statt Verzettelung: Die deutsche Arbeitsmarktpolitik am Scheideweg

Schneider, Hilmar; Eichhorst, Werner; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

The German labor market reforms seem to be on the right track. However, they need to be adjusted especially on the organizational side to make them more effective. The labor market instruments can be concentrated on temporary company wage subsidies, training measures and financial incentives for...

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Does Grief Transfer across Generations? In-Utero Deaths and Child Outcomes

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

While much is now known about the effects of physical health shocks to pregnant women on the outcomes of the in-utero child, we know little about the effects of psychological stresses. One clear form of stress to the mother comes from the death of a parent. We examine the effects of the death of...

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Care or Cash? The Effect of Child Care Subsidies on Student Performance

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Loken, Katrine V.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Given the wide use of childcare subsidies across countries, it is surprising how little we know about the effect of these subsidies on children's longer run outcomes. Using a sharp discontinuity in the price of childcare in Norway, we are able to isolate the effects of childcare subsidies on...

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The Petersberg Declaration

Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Burda, Michael C.; Konrad, Kai A.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Against the background of the worldwide financial market and economic crisis, leading German economists urge policymakers to maintain the reform course in labor market policy. The experts warn not to jeopardize the clearly positive effects of the recent reform efforts. The "Petersberg...

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Education and Mobility

Machin, Stephen; Pelkonen, Panu; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

We show that the length of compulsory education has a causal impact on regional labour mobility. The analysis is based … be due to differences in levels of education in the respective regions. …

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Why the Apple Doesn’t Fall Far: Understanding Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

Parents with higher education levels have children with higher education levels. However, is this because parental … education actually changes the outcomes of children, suggesting an important spillover of education policies, or is it merely … that more able individuals who have higher education also have more able children? This paper proposes to answer this …

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The Neighbourhood Is Not What It Used to Be

Raaum, Oddbjørn; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Sørensen, Erik Ø. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

Using a variance decomposition framework which provides bounds on the effect of families and neighbourhoods, we find important effects of family characteristics and residential location on educational attainment and adult earnings in Norway. Neighbourhoods are less important than families, as...

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Too Young to Leave the Nest? The Effects of School Starting Age

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

market experience at a given age for a given level of education; however, this becomes less important as individuals age. …

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