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 …

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 …

as a reduction in trade costs. We explore how market integration influences policy spillovers, employment and real wages …. We also examine how national and supranational commodity tax policies affect sectoral and total employment. Finally, we …

this economy. The effect works through a reallocation of employment from the tradable to the non-tradable sector. Total … employment increases if workers in the tradable sector receive a wage premium relative to workers in the non-tradable sector. The … technology. Parameterised versions of the model suggest that the tax reform has small effects on employment and that it typically …