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Active labour market programmes for women with a partner : challenge or replication of traditional gender roles
Kopf, Eva; Zabel, Cordula - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2014
"A major unemployment and welfare benefit reform took place in Germany in 2005. One objective of this reform was to more strongly encourage an adult worker model of the family, with an emphasis on activating the formerly inactive. Our hypothesis is, however, that assignments to activation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010939192
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Does unemployment help or hinder becoming independent? : the role of employment status for leaving the parental home
Jacob, Marita; Kleinert, Corinna - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2007
"There are two broad trends in industrialised countries motivating this paper: On the one hand, the life phase between youth and adulthood has prolonged and diversified; on the other hand, entering the labour market has become more complex and insecure. In this paper we combine two aspects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005537108
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Lone mothers' participation in labor market programs for means-tested benefit recipients in Germany
Zabel, Cordula - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2011
"This paper examines participation in labor market programs such as job subsidies, workfare, and training programs by lone mothers receiving means-tested unemployment benefits in Germany. Since the 2005 Hartz IV labor market policy reforms, expectations that non-employed parents responsible for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592279
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Does unemployment help or hinder becoming independent? : the role of employment status for leaving the parental home
Jacob, Marita; Kleinert, Corinna - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2007
"There are two broad trends in industrialised countries motivating this paper: On the one hand, the life phase between youth and adulthood has prolonged and diversified; on the other hand, entering the labour market has become more complex and insecure. In this paper we combine two aspects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010592486
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Effects of participating in skill training and workfare on employment entries for lone mothers receiving means-tested benefits in Germany
Zabel, Cordula - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2013
"This paper investigates employment effects of further vocational training, short classroom training, as well as One-Euro-Jobs for lone mothers receiving Unemployment Benefit II (UB II) in Germany. Lone mothers receiving UB II participate in these active labor market programs at very high rates....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010655911
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Lone mothers' participation in labor market programs for means-tested benefit recipients in Germany
Zabel, Cordula - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2011
"This paper examines participation in labor market programs such as job subsidies, workfare, and training programs by lone mothers receiving means-tested unemployment benefits in Germany. Since the 2005 Hartz IV labor market policy reforms, expectations that non-employed parents responsible for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009143601
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The impact of low-skilled immigration on female labour supply
Forlani, Emanuele; Lodigiani, Elisabetta; Mendolicchio, … - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2013
"This paper contributes to the literature on the impact of immigrants on native female labour supply. By segmenting the market by educational levels, we are able to investigate which nativeborn women are more affected by an increase of low-skilled immigrants working in the household service...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010963759
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Sorting within and across establishments : the immigrant-native wage differential in Germany
Bossler, Mario - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2014
"Using new and unique linked employer-employee data from Germany, I examine the extent to which immigrants sort into worse-paying establishments and worse job positions within establishments. The results demonstrate that recent immigrants are particularly likely to work at low-paying workplaces....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011252593
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Occupational and regional mobility as substitutes : a new approach to understanding job changes and wage inequality
Reichelt, Malte; Abraham, Martin - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2015
"Job mobility offers opportunities for workers to obtain wage increases, but returns to job changes differ considerably. We argue that parts of this inequality result from a trade-off between occupational and regional mobility. Both mobility types offer alternative strategies to improve one's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011266528
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Does labour mobility reduce disparities between regional labour markets in Germany?
Niebuhr, Annekatrin; Granato, Nadia; Haas, Anette; … - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2009
, models that include externalities or selective migration suggest that regional differences might well increase due to … interregional migration of workers. We investigate the impact of labour mobility on regional disparities in Germany between 1995 and … 2005. Considering the impact of migration as well as commuting, effects on regional wages and unemployment are estimated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005025329