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How Effective are Hiring Subsidies to Reduce Long-Term Unemployment Among Prime-Aged Jobseekers? Evidence from Belgium

Desiere, Sam; Cockx, Bart - 2021

Hiring subsidies are widely used to create (stable) employment for the long-term unemployed. This paper exploits the abolition of a hiring subsidy targeted at long-term unemployed jobseekers over 45 years of age in Belgium to evaluate its effectiveness in the short and medium run. Based on a...

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The Role of Short-Time Work and Discretionary Policy Measures in Mitigating the Effects of the COVID-19 Crisis in Germany

Christl, Michael; De Poli, Silvia; Hufkens, Tine; … - 2021

In this paper, we investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on German household income using a micro-level approach. We combine a microsimulation model with labour market transition techniques to simulate the COVID-19 shock on the German labour market. We find the consequences of the...

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Long-Term Effects of Hiring Subsidies for Unemployed Youths—Beware of Spillovers

Albanese, Andrea; Cockx, Bart; Dejemeppe, Muriel - 2022

We use (donut) regression discontinuity design and difference-in-differences estimators to estimate the impact of a one-shot hiring subsidy targeted at low-educated unemployed youths during the Great Recession recovery in Belgium. The subsidy increases job-finding in the private sector by 10...

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COVID-19 and Income Inequality : Evidence from Monthly Population Registers

Angelov, Nikolay; Waldenström, Daniel - 2021

We measure the distributional impact of the COVID-19 pandemic using newly released population register data in Sweden. Monthly earnings inequality increased during the pandemic, and the key driver is income losses among low-paid individuals while middle- and high-income earners were almost...

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The Economic Effects of COVID-19 in Sweden : A Report on Income, Taxes, Distribution, and Government Support Policies

Angelov, Nikolay; Waldenström, Daniel - 2023

This report analyses the economic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic and support policies using underutilized …

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Fostering Soft Skills in Active Labor Market Programs : Evidence from a Large-Scale RCT

Schlosser, Analia; Shanan, Yannay - 2022

The long-term unemployed sometimes lack basic soft skills needed to enter and succeed in the labor market. We examine … whether it is possible to develop or enhance these skills among adults by using a large-scale randomized control trial (RCT … high-school dropouts and those with a longer history of welfare dependence. Income from work increased both for treated …

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Can Job Search Assistance Improve the Labour Market Integration for Refugees? Evidence from a Field Experiment

Battisti, Michele - 2019

We conducted a field experiment to evaluate the impact of job-search assistance on the employment of recently arrived refugees in Germany. The treatment group received job-matching support: an NGO identified suitable vacancies and sent the refugees' CVs to employers. Results of follow-up phone...

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Teacher Labor Market Equilibrium and Student Achievement

Bates, Michael; Dinerstein, Michael; Johnston, Andrew; … - 2022

We study whether reallocating existing teachers across schools within a district can increase student achievement, and what policies would help achieve these gains. Using a model of multidimensional value-added, we find meaningful achievement gains from reallocating teachers within a district....

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Green Stimulus in a Post-Pandemic Recovery : The Role of Skills for a Resilient Recovery

Chen, Ziqiao - 2020

growth. Green investments are most effective in communities whose workers have the appropriate "green" skills. We then … provide new evidence on the skills requirements of both green and brown occupations, as well as from occupations at risk of …

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The Impact of Product and Labour Market Reform on Growth : Evidence for OECD Countries Based on Local Projections

de Haan, Jakob - 2020

This paper examines the impact of labour and product market reforms on economic growth in 25 OECD countries between 1985 and 2013, and tests whether this impact is conditioned by the fiscal policy stance, i.e. whether there are fiscal expansions or adjustments. Our local projection results...

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