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Determinants of Employer-Provided Further Training: A Multi-Level Approach
Bellmann, Lutz; Hohendanner, Christian; Hujer, Reinhard - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We analyse the influence of regional determinants on the decision of employers to provide within-firm further training. We estimate the effects of the regional population density, the unemployment rate and the regional concentration of an industry against the background of several determinants...
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Determinants of Further Training: Evidence for Germany
Grund, Christian; Martin, Johannes - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Based on a German representative sample of employees we explore the relevance and development of further training in private sector firms. We focus on formal training and explore possible individual and job-based determinants of its incidence. We also show changes over time during a 20 year...
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Von der Frühverrentung zum längeren Erwerbsleben: Transferleistungen, Arbeitsmarktpolitik und Weiterbildung
Eichhorst, Werner - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Die Beschäftigung älterer Arbeitnehmer in Deutschland hat in den letzten Jahren merklich zugenommen. Die Studie … Mittelpunkt, bevor die Situation im Bereich der beruflichen Weiterbildung genauer untersucht wird. Diese ist zwar ein zentraler … Faktor für den Erhalt der Beschäftigungsfähigkeit im Lebensverlauf, ist jedoch strukturell in Deutschland nach wie vor …
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Apprenticeship, Vocational Training and Early Labor Market Outcomes in East and West Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Zibrowius, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
differences for different types of vocational training, minor differences between East and West Germany and males and females, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011206861
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Can Basic Entrepreneurship Transform the Economic Lives of the Poor?
Bandiera, Oriana; Burgess, Robin; Das, Narayan; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
The world's poorest people lack capital and skills and toil for others in occupations that others shun. Using a large-scale and long-term randomized control trial in Bangladesh this paper demonstrates that sizable transfers of assets and skills enable the poorest women to shift out of...
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Youth Unemployment in India: From a European and Transitional Labour Market Point of View
Schmid, Günther - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
statistical landscape of various measures for youth unemployment in Europe compared to India and in particular to Germany. Second … can be derived and illustrated by good practice examples from Europe, in particular Germany. Third, because a large part … Austria, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands. The theoretical framework for these lessons is taken from the concept of …
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The Long-term Earnings Consequences of General vs. Specific Training of the Unemployed
Stenberg, Anders; Westerlund, Olle - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Training programs for the unemployed typically involve teaching specific skills in demand amongst employers. In 1997, Swedish unemployed could also choose general training at the upper secondary school level. Despite the dominance of programs offering specific training, long-term relative...
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Improving the Employment Rates of People with Disabilities through Vocational Education
Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Polidano, Cain - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
During the 2001-8 period, the employment rate of people with a disability remained remarkably low in most western economies, hardly responding to better macroeconomic conditions and favourable anti-discrimination legislation and interventions. Continuing health and productivity improvements in...
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Youth Unemployment in Mediterranean Countries
Eichhorst, Werner; Neder, Franziska - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
In all Mediterranean countries youth unemployment has reached alarming record levels. This paper analyses the current situation in France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain. In all countries school dropout rates are high, returns to education are low and the transition from education to work is...
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The Impact of Vocational Training for the Unemployed: Experimental Evidence from Turkey
Hirshleifer, Sarojini; McKenzie, David; Almeida, Rita K.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We use a randomized experiment to evaluate a large-scale active labor market policy: Turkey's vocational training programs for the unemployed. A detailed follow-up survey of a large sample with low attrition enables precise estimation of treatment impacts and their heterogeneity. The average...
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