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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
To improve the employment rates and earnings of Americans workers, we need to create more coherent and effective …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010548579
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The Impact of Globalization and Technology Transfer on Manufacturing Employment and Skills in Ethiopia
Haile, Getinet Astatike; Srour, Ilina; Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
There is a dearth of research on the impact of technological change on employment in the context of least developed … Method of Moments (GMM-SYS), this paper attempts to establish the nature of manufacturing employment in Ethiopia and the role … played by trade and FDI in determining employment. The empirical results obtained lend support to globalization having a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010723562
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Labor Market Policy Options of the Kurdistan Regional Government
Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
providing knowledge about the nature of (un)employment and current policy measures, a number policy measures are proposed to … reduce the rate of unemployment or to reduce the negative effects of unemployment and to promote skills, capability and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763641
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A Forgotten Issue: Distributional Effects of Day Care Subsidies in Germany
Kreyenfeld, Michaela; Spiess, C. Katharina; Wagner, Gert G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
In general child care subsidies are widely accepted as a means to create equal chances for mothers in the labour market as well as for children. Although there is a general consensus that the use of child care should be publicly supported, there is no consensus on how this should be done....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703636
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Is Universal Child Care Leveling the Playing Field? Evidence from Non-Linear Difference-in-Differences
Havnes, Tarjei; Mogstad, Magne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Advocates of a universal child care system offer a two-fold argument: Child care facilitates children's long-run development, and levels the playing field by benefiting in particular disadvantaged children. Therefore, a critical element in evaluating universal child care systems is to measure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008530647
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Removing the Veil of Ignorance in Assessing the Distributional Impacts of Social Policies
Carneiro, Pedro; Hansen, Karsten T.; Heckman, James J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
This paper summarizes our recent research on evaluating the distributional consequences of social programs. This research advances the economic policy evaluation literature beyond estimating assorted mean impacts to estimate distributions of outcomes generated by different policies and determine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700944
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Kindergarten for All: Long Run Effects of a Universal Intervention
Drange, Nina; Havnes, Tarjei; Sandsør, Astrid M. J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Theory and evidence point towards particularly positive effects of high-quality child care for disadvantaged children. At the same time, disadvantaged families often sort out of existing programs. To counter differences in learning outcomes between children from different socioeconomic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011201754
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What Mean Impacts Miss: Distributional Effects of Welfare Reform Experiments
Bitler, Marianne P.; Gelbach, Jonah B.; Hoynes, Hilary W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
Labor supply theory predicts systematic heterogeneity in the impact of recent welfare reforms on earnings, transfers, and income. Yet most welfare reform research focuses on mean impacts. We investigate the importance of heterogeneity using random-assignment data from Connecticut's Jobs First...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762050
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Estimating the Size of External Effects of Energy Subsidies
Commander, Simon; Nikoloski, Zlatko; Vagliasindi, Maria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
(agriculture). Our focus is mainly on the costs associated with congestion and pollution as well the impact of under-priced energy … indicative estimates of the external costs of energy subsidies, as manifested in congestion and pollution. Our estimates using …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011220719
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A Balancing Act at Times of Austerity: Matching the Supply and Demand for Skills in the Greek Labour Market
Pouliakas, Konstantinos - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper provides an evidence-based assessment of the current situation prevailing in the Greek market for skills and … jobs. The synthesis of available skills intelligence for Greece, the country most severely affected by the global economic … indicators on education and employment in relation to the EU. An empirical analysis of the incidence and determinants of skill …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884076