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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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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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Is Child like Parent? Educational Attainment and Ethnic Origin
Gang, Ira N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 1999
difference in favor of father´s education over mother's education. …
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Agenda 2020: Strategies to Achieve Full Employment in Germany
Schneider, Hilmar; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
question, further action is necessary. The IZA concept includes the following elements: (1) Education reform: Early childhood … education must be improved. Social background should no longer determine future career prospects. More independence and … competition between schools and universities would improve the quality of education. Selection of students into different …
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Beyond the Average: Peer Heterogeneity and Intergenerational Transmission of Education
Chakraborty, Tanika; Nottmeyer, Olga; Schüller, Simone; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
of peer effect we restrict to no-child-adult-peers who completed their education much before the children in our sample …
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