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Effects of contracting out employment services: Evidence from a randomized experiment
Bennmarker, Helge; Grönqvist, Erik; Öckert, Björn - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2012
empirically assess the effectiveness of contracting out employment services to private placement agencies. Our results show that … Employment Service (PES); e.g., they receive more assistance in improving their job search technology. We do not find any overall … difference in the chances of finding employment between private placement agencies and the PES, but this hides important …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818826
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Effects of contracting out employment services: Evidence from a randomized experiment
Bennmarker, Helge; Grönqvist, Erik; Öckert, Björn - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2012
empirically assess the effectiveness of contracting out employment services to private placement agencies. Our results show that … Employment Service (PES); e.g., they receive more assistance in improving their job search technology. We do not find any overall … difference in the chances of finding employment between private placement agencies and the PES, but this hides important …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818886
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Long Term Impacts of Compensatory Preschool on Health and Behavior: Evidence from Head Start
Carneiro, Pedro; Ginja, Rita - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2012
This paper provides new estimates of the medium and long-term impacts of Head Start on the health and behavioral problems of its participants. We identify these impacts using discontinuities in the probability of participation induced by program eligibility rules. Our strategy allows us to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009645799
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Long Term Impacts of Compensatory Preschool on Health and Behavior: Evidence from Head Start
Carneiro, Pedro; Ginja, Rita - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2012
This paper provides new estimates of the medium and long-term impacts of Head Start on the health and behavioral problems of its participants. We identify these impacts using discontinuities in the probability of participation induced by program eligibility rules. Our strategy allows us to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009649726
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Tackling Social Exclusion: Evidence from Chile
Ginja, Rita; Carneiro, Pedro; Galasso, Emanuela - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2014
nd strong and lasting impacts of the program on the take up of subsidies and employment services. These impacts are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010818813
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Lessons from privatization : labour issues in developing and transitional countries
Hoeven, Rolph van der (ed.) - 1998 - 2. impr.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000678370
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Adjustment, employment & missing institutions in Africa : the experience in Eastern & Southern Africa
Van der Geest, Willem (contributor);  … - 1999 - 1. publ.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001371024
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Lessons from privatization : labour issues in developing and transitional countries
Hoeven, Rolph van der (ed.); Sziraczki, Gyorgy (contributor) - 1997 - 1. publ.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014273296