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Benchmarking Unemployment Benefits in the EU
Stovicek, Klara; Turrini, Alessandro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper proposes a methodology for benchmarking unemployment benefits systems, with a view to assess reform needs and priorities. The methodology permits to assess different dimensions of unemployment benefit systems and to consider alternative relevant benchmarks. Looking at all relevant...
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What Works Best for Getting the Unemployed Back to Work: Employment Services or Small-Business Assistance Programmes? Evidence from Romania
Rodriguez-Planas, Núria Rodríguez-Planas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Recent empirical evidence has found that employment services and small-business assistance programmes are often successful at getting the unemployed back to work. One important concern of policy makers is to decide which of these two programmes is more effective and for whom. Using unusually...
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The Role of Short-Time Work Schemes during the Global Financial Crisis and Early Recovery: A Cross-Country Analysis
Hijzen, Alexander; Martin, Sébastien - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
There has been a strong interest in short-time work (STW) schemes during the global financial crisis. Using data for 23 OECD countries for the period 2004 Q1 to 2010 Q4, this paper analyses the quantitative effects of STW programmes on labour market outcomes. Special attention is given to the...
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Civic Attitudes and the Design of Labor Market Institutions: Which Countries Can Implement the Danish Flexicurity Model?
Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We argue that the efficiency of the Danish flexicurity Model, which combines high unemployment benefits with low job …
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Reducing Income Transfers to Refugee Immigrants: Does Starthelp Help You Start?
Rosholm, Michael; Vejlin, Rune M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
refugee immigrants in Denmark - the so-called starthelp - using a competing risk mixed proportional hazard framework. The two … alternatively, their education is not recognized in Denmark. Hence, there may be no demand for their skills. The empirical question …-natural’ experiment, in which the rules for welfare benefits in Denmark changed rather dramatically. Refugee immigrants obtaining …
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From Unemployment Benefits to Unemployment Accounts
Orszag, J. Michael; Snower, Dennis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
We explore the implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB) systems by unemployment accounts (UA). Under the UA system, employed people would be required to make ongoing contributions to their unemployment accounts, and the balances in these accounts would then be available to...
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Unemployment Vouchers versus Low-Wage Subsidies
Orszag, J. Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
The paper examines the relative effectiveness of two policy proposals in reducing unemployment and working poverty: unemployment vouchers and low-wage subsidies. The unemployment vouchers are targeted exclusively at the unemployed (especially the long-term unemployed) and are provided only for a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005247692
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Kurzarbeit: Sinnvoller Konjunkturpuffer oder verlängertes Arbeitslosengeld?
Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Unternehmens verantwortlich sind, behindert das Instrument eine nachhaltige Arbeitsmarktpolitik. Zur Vermeidung von …
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The Effect of Extending the Duration of Eligibility in an Italian Labour Market Programme for Dismissed Workers
Rettore, Enrico; Paggiaro, Adriano; Trivellato, Ugo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Liste di mobilità (LM) is an Italian labour market programme targeted to dismissed workers. It combines a ‘passive’ component granting monetary benefits to employees dismissed by firms larger than 15 employees, and an ‘active’ component providing an employment subsidy to any firm hiring...
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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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