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Der Zugang von Arbeitnehmern in den Bezug von Arbeitslosengeld II

Aldashev, Alisher; Fitzenberger, Bernd - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009

Diese Arbeit untersucht die erwerbsfÄahig eingestuften Bezieher von Arbeitslosengeld II, die mindestens einmal Arbeitslosengeld II im dritten Quartal 2006 bezogen haben. Unsere Ergebnisse zeigen, dass 16% der Bezieher von Arbeitslosengeld II im dritten Quartal 2006 während des Zeitraums 2000...

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Is the Welfare State Self-destructive? A Study of Government Benefit Morale

Heinemann, Friedrich - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2007

Assar Lindbeck has pointed to the problem that generous welfare state institutions may in the long-run undermine those social norms which limit the costs and incentives effects of the welfare state and thus guarantee its viability. This study is the first to assess the empirical validity of...

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Short-term training programs for immigrants: do effects differ from natives and why?

Aldashev, Alisher; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010

We evaluate the effects of different short-term training programs on the employment chances of immigrant and native … propensity score matching estimators. To explain potential differences in effects between the groups, we suggest and apply a … decomposition method based on the matching procedure that allows identification of differences due to observable characteristics and …

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Does immigration weaken natives' support for the welfare state? Evidence from Germany

Stichnoth, Holger - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010

with other variables such as income, self-employment, or East German origin. …

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Should welfare administration be centralized or decentralized? Evidence from a policy experiment

Boockmann, Bernhard; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas; … - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010

administration has a negative effect on the transition of male welfare recipients to self-sufficient employment, but it does not … affect employment in combination with continuing welfare support. No significant effects were found for women. …

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What active labour market programmes work for immigrants in Europe? A meta-analysis of the evaluation literature

Butschek, Sebastian; Walter, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013

markets and investigates the employment effects of Active Labour Market Pro-grammes (ALMPs) on this subgroup. Using a meta … combat immigrant unemployment: training, job search assistance, and subsidised public and private sector employment. We find …

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Housing and health

Angel, Stefan; Bittschi, Benjamin - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2014

Deprived housing conditions have long been recognized as a source of poor health. Nevertheless, there is scant empirical evidence of a causal relationship between housing and health. The literature identifies two different pathways by which housing deprivation affects health, namely,...

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Temporary extra jobs for immigrants: Merging lane to employment or dead-end road in welfare?

Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010

We evaluate the effects of the most frequently used German welfare-to-work program on the employment chances of … either. Therefore, the program is a dead-end road rather than a merging lane to regular employment both for natives and for …

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Intensifying the use of benefit sanctions: an effective tool to shorten welfare receipt and speed up transitions to employment?

Boockmann, Bernhard; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2009

sanctions on the drop-out from welfare and the transition to employment. The estimated local average treatment effect (LATE) is …

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School entrance recommendation: A question of age or development?

Horstschräer, Julia; Muehler, Grit - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2010

According to school entry regulations in most countries, the composition of school entrance cohorts is determined by a fixed cutoff date. This procedure creates inter-cohort differences in age and development which can severely influence educational trajectories. Developmental examinations at...

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