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From giving birth to paid labor: the effects of adult education for prime-aged mothers
Bergemann, Annette; den Berg, Gerard J. van - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2014
Women without work after childbirth are at risk of losing their connection to the labor market. However, they may participate in adult education programs. We analyze the effect of this on the duration to work and on the wage rate, by applying conditional difference-in-differences approaches. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010747874
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Factors associated with occupational disability classification
Angelov, Nikoay; Eliason, Marcus - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2014
Sweden has a long tradition of labour market policies explicitly targeting job seekers with disabilities, ranging from in-work aids to subsidized employments, aiming at strengthening their position at the labour market. To ascertain that these programs are limited to the needy they are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011074897
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The differential earnings and income effects of involuntary job loss on workers with disabilities
Angelov, Nikolay; Eliason, Marcus - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2014
People with disabilities, both in Sweden and elsewhere, are consistently found to face considerable difficulties on the labour market. In this study we have investigated the differential impact of involuntary job loss, on earnings and income, if being disabled. Our main findings are that...
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Active labor market policy effects for women in Europe - a survey
Bergemann, Annette; van den Berg, Gerard - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2007
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, monitoring and sanctions, job search assistance,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651895
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The Price of Security: On the Causality and Impact of Lay-off Risks on Wages
Arent, Stefan; Nagl, Wolfgang - ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der … - 2011
We examine the impact of lay-off risks on wages. Portfolio as well as search theoreticmodelling predicts higher exogenous lay-off risks to go along with higher wages. But,an impact of wages on lay-off risks (e.g., endogenous job destruction) is also plausible.Using the German BA Employment Panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009021247
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Unemployment Benefit and Wages: The Impact of the Labor Market Reform in Germany on (Reservation) Wages
Arent, Stefan; Nagl, Wolfgang - ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der … - 2011
In this paper, we contribute to the literature on the impact of the unemployment benefit on (reservation) wages. We use … the German BA-Employment Panel (2008) to identify the effect of a reduced unemployment benefit due to the labor market … reform of 2005 in Germany. Using this unique experiment, we find strong evidence that a lower unemployment benefit has an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009143963
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Better Safe than Sorry? The Effects of Income Risk, Unemployment Risk and the Interaction of these Risks on Wages
Nagl, Wolfgang - ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der … - 2012
We examine whether income and unemployment risks are compensated by individual wages. Using a portfolio approach we … show that the marginal income risk effect on wages is always positive whereas the marginal unemployment risk effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011273085
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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 - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2004
The Swedish adult education program called 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 employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651871
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The aggregate labor market effects of the Swedish knowledge lift program
Albrecht, James; den Berg, Gerard J van; Vroman, Susan - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2007
The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift (1997-2002) was unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of large numbers of low-skill workers. This paper evaluates the potential effects of this program on aggregate labor market outcomes. This is done...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651923