question, further action is necessary. The IZA concept includes the following elements: (1) Education reform: Early childhood … education must be improved. Social background should no longer determine future career prospects. More independence and … competition between schools and universities would improve the quality of education. Selection of students into different …

We survey the recent literature on the effects of active labor market policies on individual labor market outcomes like … employment and income, for adult female individuals without work in European countries. We consider skill-training programs …

This note investigates the effects of the education level, product market rigidities and employment protection …, education and rigidities are significantly related to TFP growth. The contribution of the interaction between product market …

Unternehmens verantwortlich sind, behindert das Instrument eine nachhaltige Arbeitsmarktpolitik. Zur Vermeidung von …

labor market and fiscal policies. Simulation results focus on the effects of employment subsidies and in-work benefits and …

Do negative incentives or sticks in education improve student outcomes? Since the late 1980s, several U.S. states have … data from the American Community Survey (ACS) and Monitoring the Future (MTF), we exploit variation across state, time, and … black males. Further, we show that NPND laws were effective in reducing truancy and increased time allocated to school-work …

work sharing schemes, should be applied in severe recessions for a limited time period of time only. ALMPs creating … market, especially during recoveries. In-work benefits and public works are not very cost-efficient in terms of raising …