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Workfare for the old and long-term unemployed
Bennmarker, Helge; Nordström Skans, Oskar; Vikman, Ulrika - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2012
We estimate the effects of conditioning benefits on program participation among older long-term unemployed workers. We exploit a Swedish reform which reduced UI duration from 90 to 60 weeks for a group of older unemployed workers in a setting where workers who ex-hausted their benefits received...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010690438
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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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When strong ties are strong Networks and youth labor market entry
Kramarz, Francis; Nordström Skans, Oskar - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2011
The conditions under which young workers find their first real post-graduation jobs are both very important for the young’s future careers and insufficiently known given their public policy implications. To study these conditions, and in particular the role played by networks, we use a Swedish...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009645245
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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