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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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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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Demographic and Education Effects on Unemployment in Europe: Economic Factors and Labour Market Institutions

Biagi, Federico; Lucifora, Claudio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

We analyse the effects of demographic and education changes on unemployment rates in Europe. Using a panel of European … countries for the 1980-2000 period - disaggregated by cohort, gender and education -, we empirically test the economic effects … of two stylised facts that have occurred in recent decades: the "baby bust" and the "education boom". We find that …

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A Caseworker Like Me: Does the Similarity between Unemployed and Caseworker Increase Job Placements?

Behncke, Stefanie; Frölich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

who belong to the same social group, defined by gender, age, education, and nationality. Based on an unusually informative …

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Endogenous Indoctrination: Occupational Choice, the Evolution of Beliefs, and the Political Economy of Reform

Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Much of the political economy analysis of reform focuses on the conflict of interest between groups that stand to gain or lose from the competing policy proposals. In reality, there is also a lot of disagreement about the working of the policy: in addition to conflicting interests, conflicting...

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Unemployment, Education and Earnings Growth

Brunello, Giorgio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001

I use the European Community Household Panel to ask whether unemployment affects the relationship between education and … subsequent earnings growth. show that individuals with more education have more to lose in terms of subsequent earnings growth … from the experience of unemployment. This result partially compensates the fact that more education reduces the incidence …

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