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Cawley, John; Ruhm, Christopher J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky...

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Income Support Systems, Labor Market Policies and Labor Supply: The German Experience

Caliendo, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

In view of the demographic trends, most EU countries face the problem of a declining work force in the future. Understanding the interaction between income support systems (such as unemployment benefits, social assistance, early retirement and pension systems) and total labor supply is of...

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The German Labor Market after the Great Recession: Successful Reforms and Future Challenges

Caliendo, Marco; Hogenacker, Jens - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

The reaction of the German labor market to the Great Recession 2008/09 was relatively mild – especially compared to other countries. The reason lies not only in the specific type of the recession – which was favorable for the German economy structure – but also in a series of labor market...

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Making Sense of Arab Labor Markets: The Enduring Legacy of Dualism

Assaad, Ragui - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

It is well-established that Arab labor markets share certain common characteristics, including an oversized public sector, high unemployment for educated youth, weak private sector dependent on government welfare for their survival, rapid growth in educational attainment, but much of it focused...

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Connecting the Disconnected: Improving Education and Employment Outcomes Among Disadvantaged Youth

Edelman, Peter B.; Holzer, Harry J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

education and employment outcomes, both among in-school youth who are at risk of dropping out and becoming disconnected as well …

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Youth Unemployment in Korea: From a German and Transitional Labour Market Point of View

Schmid, Günther - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

measured by the number of youth not in employment, education or training (NEET) in percent of the total youth population. Korea …’s NEET figures are at the top in OECD countries, especially for youth with tertiary education. This paper throws some light … education and vocational training systems that emphasise middle level and market oriented skills are identified as institutional …

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The Unintended Consequences of Education Policies on South African Participation and Unemployment

Burger, Rulof; van der Berg, Servaas; von Fintel, Dieter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

In the late 1990s the South African Department of Education implemented two policies that were meant to reduce the …

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In-Work Benefits and the Nordic Model

Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Tonin, Mirco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

higher education improves, further boosting employment in the long run. These positive effects help counteracting the …

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Raising Job Quality and Worker Skills in the US: Creating More Effective Education and Workforce Development Systems in States

Holzer, Harry J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

education and workforce development systems, focusing primarily (though not exclusively) on disadvantaged youth and adults, and … with education and training more clearly targeted towards firms and sectors providing good-paying jobs. This paper proposes … employers in key industries, education providers, workforce agencies and intermediaries at the state level, plus a range of …

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Education, Job Search and Re-employment Outcomes among the Unemployed

Riddell, W. Craig; Song, Xueda - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This study assesses the effects of education on both job search intensity and re-employment success for unemployed … workers. Given that the positive correlation between education and job search intensity or re-employment success is likely to … be confounded by the endogeneity of education, we make use of data on compulsory schooling laws to create instrumental …

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