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setting. I review new developments in search theory and discuss the influence of minimum wages on wages and employment under … market in equilibrium search models. In the homogeneous case minimum wages do not affect employment, while in the … heterogenous case theoretical results are mixed. There is no unique connection between unemployment and minimum wages, and the …
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setting. I review new developments in search theory and discuss the influence of minimum wages on wages and employment under … market in equilibrium search models. In the homogeneous case minimum wages do not affect employment, while in the … heterogenous case theoretical results are mixed. There is no unique connection between unemployment and minimum wages, and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592293
"Die aktive Arbeitsmarktpolitik nach dem Sozialgesetzbuch III wird aus Mitteln des Europäischen Sozialfonds im Rahmen des so genannten ESF-BAProgramms in der Zeit von 2000 bis 2008 ergänzt. Das Programm setzt bei verschiedenen Lücken der gesetzlichen Arbeitsförderung an. Im Bereich der...
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"Unemployment insurance (UI) sanctions in the form of benefit reductions are intended to set disincentives for UI …
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"Gegenstand des Beitrags sind durch die Bundesagentur für Arbeit (BA) finanzierte Maßnahmen zur Förderung der beruflichen Weiterbildung nach dem Dritten Sozialgesetzbuch (SGB III), die in den Jahren 2000 bis 2002 mit Mitteln des Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF) ergänzt wurden. Mit dieser...
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"This paper estimates the effects of several German labor market programs - starting in March 2003 - on the employment outcomes of participants using propensity score matching. The main objective is to compare estimated average treatment effects for treatment and comparison groups, which vary in...
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"Trainingsmaßnahmen sind ein Instrument der aktiven Arbeitsförderung, mit dem je nach Ausrichtung unterschiedliche Zielsetzungen verfolgt werden. In diesem Beitrag wird eine Variante der Trainingsmaßnahmen, die Maßnahme zur Überprüfung der Verfügbarkeit, evaluiert. Diese Maßnahme zielt...
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"Targeted wage subsidies paid to employers are an important element of active labour market policies in Germany. This paper uses propensity score matching to investigate their effect on subsidised hard-to-place workers. In a first scenario, we estimate the average treatment effect of a subsidy...
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"In Germany, since 2005 needy job-seekers without access to earnings-related and insurance-paid 'unemployment benefit I …' are entitled to means-tested and tax-funded 'unemployment benefit II'. Several active labour market programmes support the … shares not unemployed and the share no longer receiving 'unemployment benefit II' are slightly smaller." (Author's abstract …
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"Using a novel data set that contains precise geo-referenced information on the universe of German establishments, we analyse both the direct effects of mass layoffs and any indirect impacts on workers who are employed in the vicinity of an establishment being closed down. In line with the...
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