employment, and earnings. Further, we examine the heterogeneity of treatment effects according to the timing of training during … remaining time in unemployment, but once the scheduled program end is reached participants exit to employment at a much faster … rate than without training. In addition, they benefit from substantially more stable employment spells and higher earnings …

difference-in-differences model that compares employment rates across education type and age. An initial employment advantage of …

collective bargaining, minimum wages, employment protection laws, unemployment insurance (UI), mandated parental leave, and …

the share of the outsourced workforce is not too large, this wage moderation effect on domestic employment outweighs the … direct substitution effect so that domestic employment increases in unionized firms as outsourcing costs fall. This does not … for employment. However, except for low outsourcing activities, the impact of these policy measures will become smaller as …

businesses boost the capital stock and the employment rate. No robust link between labour market regulation and MFP and capital … deepening could be established. But looser labour market regulation is found to go hand in hand with higher employment rates …

public sector employment programs have the least favorable impact estimates. Job search assistance programs have relatively …

providing an employment subsidy to any firm hiring workers from the LM. Eligibility duration varies with the worker's age at … dismissal. We exploit the variability of these provisions to evaluate the impact of extending the duration of eligibility on re-employment …

compare WIA participants who do and do not receive training. In addition to the usual impacts on earnings and employment, we … estimate impacts on the characteristics of the firms at which participants find employment. We find moderate positive impacts … on employment, earnings and desirable firm characteristics for adults, but not for dislocated workers. Our primary …