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A Microeconometric Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policy in Switzerland
Gerfin, Michael; Lechner, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
In the second half of the 1990s Switzerland introduced an ambitious active labour market policy (ALMP) encompassing a variety of programmes. We evaluate the effects of these programmes on individual employment probability using unusually informative data originating from administrative records....
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A Caseworker Like Me - Does the Similarity between unemployed and Caseworker Increase Job Placements?
Behncke, Stefanie; Frölich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
This paper examines whether the chances of job placements improve if unemployed persons are counselled by caseworkers who belong to the same social group, defined by gender, age, education, and nationality. Based on an unusually informative dataset, which links Swiss unemployed to their...
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COVID-19, stay-at-home orders and employment : evidence from CPS data
Beland, Louis-Philippe; Brodeur, Abel; Wright, Taylor - 2020
employment and wages in the United States. Guided by a pre-analysis plan, we document that COVID-19 increased the unemployment … their labor market outcomes affected, while workers working in proximity to coworkers are more affected. The unemployment …, these policies increased unemployment by nearly 4 percentage points, but reduced COVID-19 cases by 186,600-311,000, and …
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The short-term economic consequences ofCOVID-19 : exposure to disease, remote work and government response
Béland, Louis-Philippe; Brodeur, Abel; Wright, Taylor - 2020
increased the unemployment rate, decreased hours of work and labor force participation and had no significant impacts on wages …
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The short-term economic consequences of COVID-19 : occupation tasks and mental health in Canada
Beland, Louis-Philippe; Brodeur, Abel; Mikola, Derek; … - 2020
-analysis plan, we investigate the negative impact of the pandemic on unemployment, labour force participation, hours and wages in …
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Targeting Labour Market Programmes - Results from A Randomised Experiment
Behncke, Stefanie; Frölich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
We evaluate a randomized experiment of a statistical support system developed to assist caseworkers in Swiss employment offices in choosing appropriate active labour market programmes for their unemployed clients. This statistical support system predicted the labour market outcome for each...
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Unemployed and Their Caseworkers: Should They Be Friends or Foes?
Behncke, Stefanie; Frölich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
In many countries, caseworkers in a public employment office have the dual roles of counselling and monitoring unemployed persons. These roles often conflict with each other leading to important case-worker heterogeneity: Some consider providing services to their clients and satisfying their...
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