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Vacancy Referrals, Job Search, and the Duration of Unemployment: A Randomized Experiment
Engström, Per; Hesselius, Patrik; Holmlund, Bertil - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2009
One goal of the public employment service is to facilitate matching between unemployed job seekers and job vacancies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005642513
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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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Does Sick Absence Increase the Risk of Unemployment?
Hesselius, Patrik - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2003
The paper examines whether a worker's sick absence behaviour influences the risk of becoming unemployed. Swedish panel data are used to estimate the relationship between the incidence and duration of sick leave and subsequent unemployment. The results indicate that an increase in the number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005644608
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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