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Effective Active Labor Market Policies
Boone, Jan; Ours, Jan C. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
empirical analysis we use data on 20 OECD countries covering the time period 1985-1999. We find that labor market training is … the most effective program to bring down unemployment. Public employment services have some impact while subsidized jobs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703803
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The Locking-in Effect of Subsidized Jobs
Ours, Jan C. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
job. This paper uses an administrative dataset from the Slovak Republic on durations of individual unemployment spells …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822062
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Active Labor Market Programs: Employment Gain or Fiscal Drain?
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Koettl, Johannes - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This paper provides a new perspective by classifying active labor market programs (ALMPs) depending on their main objectives and their relevance and cost-effectiveness during normal times, during a crisis, and during recovery. We distinguish ALMPs that provide: (i) incentives for retaining...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011207666
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Unemployed and Their Caseworkers: Should They Be Friends or Foes?
Behncke, Stefanie; Frölich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
In many countries, caseworkers in a public employment office have the dual roles of counselling and monitoring unemployed persons. These roles often conflict with each other leading to important caseworker heterogeneity: Some consider providing services to their clients and satisfying their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233881
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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
This paper examines whether the chances of job placements improve if unemployed persons are counselled by caseworkers who belong to the same social group, defined by gender, age, education, and nationality. Based on an unusually informative dataset, which links Swiss unemployed to their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822697
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Targeting Labour Market Programmes: Results from a Randomized Experiment
Behncke, Stefanie; Frölich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
We evaluate a randomized experiment of a statistical support system developed to assist caseworkers in Swiss employment offices in choosing appropriate active labour market programmes for their unemployed clients. This statistical support system predicted the labour market outcome for each...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763456
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Labor Mobility of Immigrants: Training, Experience, Language and Opportunities
Cohen, Sarit; Eckstein, Zvi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
observed patterns of the fast decrease in unemployment as immigrants first find blue-collar jobs and attend training, followed … Soviet Union to Israel. We formulate an estimable dynamic choice model for employment and training in blue and white … by a gradual movement to white-collar occupations. The estimated rates of return to local training, local experience and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233851
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Estimating the Returns to Community College Schooling for Displaced Workers
Jacobson, Louis; LaLonde, Robert; Sullivan, Daniel G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
place in regular community college classes. To analyze the effectiveness of such training, we link administrative earnings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703488
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Active Labor Market Policy Effects for Women in Europe: A Survey
Bergemann, Annette; Berg, Gerard J. van den - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
employment and income, for adult female individuals without work in European countries. We consider skill-training programs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703577
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The Knowledge Lift: The Swedish Adult Education Program That Aimed to Eliminate Low Worker Skill Levels
Albrecht, James; den Berg, Gerard J. van; Vroman, Susan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift is unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of all low-skilled workers towards the medium level. This paper evaluates the effects of program participation on individual labor market outcomes, notably...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703812