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Individual Incentives in Program Participation : Splitting up the Process in Assignment and Enrollment

Weber, Andrea - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

In this paper we investigate two stages in the process that leads to participation in ALMP programs. We use unique administrative data from the Austrian unemployment registers which allow us to distinguish between caseworker assignment and actual program enrollment. Although 25% of newly...

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Training Background and Early Retirement

Montizaan, Raymond; Cörvers, Frank; Grip, Andries de - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

Several studies show that employees with firm-specific skills are more likely to be covered by employer-sponsored pension schemes than workers with general skills. Therefore it can be expected that workers with firm-specific skills retire earlier. This paper tests this prediction using US data...

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Non-farm employment trends and policy in rural areas of Samarkand region (Uzbekistan)

Hasanov, Shavkat; Sanaev, Golib - 2018

Nonfarm employment plays an important role in absorbing unemployment in rural areas of developing countries. The agricultural transition in Uzbekistan followed by structural transformations in the economy changed the rural economy. Although farm restructuring and farm optimization policies led...

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Влияние несельскохозяйственного бизнеса на уровень занятости в сельской местности Южно-Казахстанской области...

Esengazieva, Saule - 2017

creation of social work places, the training of specialists, and the organization of youth internships. The study is based on …

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Optimal social assistance and unemployment insurance in a life-cycle model of family labor supply and savings

Haan, Peter; Prowse, Victoria - 2019

We empirically analyze the optimal mix and optimal generosity of unemployment insurance and social assistance programs. To do so, we specify a structural life-cycle model of the labor supply, savings, and social assistance claiming decisions of singles and married couples. Partial insurance...

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The indirect fiscal benefits of low-skilled immigration

Colas, Mark; Sachs, Dominik - 2021

Low-skilled immigrants indirectly affect public finances through their effect on native wages & labor supply. We operationalize this indirect fiscal effect in various models of immigration and the labor market. We derive closed-form expressions for this effect in terms of estimable statistics....

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Déjà Vu? Short-Term Training in Germany 1980-1992 and 2000-2003

Fitzenberger, Bernd; Orlyanskaya, Olga; Osikominu, Aderonke - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

Short-term training has recently become the largest active labor market program in Germany regarding the number of … participants. Little is known on the effectiveness of different types of short-term training and on their long-run effects. This … paper estimates the effects of short-term training programs in West Germany starting in the time period 1980 to 1992 and …

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Do Migrants Get Good Jobs in Australia? The Role of Ethnic Networks in Job Search

Mahuteau, Stéphane; Junankar, P. N. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008

We study the role of ethnic networks in migrants` job search and the quality of jobs they find in the first years of settlement. We find that there are initial downward movements along the occupational ladder, followed by improvements...

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A Caseworker Like Me : Does the Similarity between Unemployed and Caseworker Increase Job Placements?

Behncke, Stefanie; Frölich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 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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Evaluating Continuous Training ProgramsUsing the Generalized Propensity Score

Kluve, Jochen; Schneider, Hilmar; Uhlendorff, Arne; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

This paper assesses the dynamics of treatment effects arising from variation in the durationof training. We use German ….e. days of training, to the individual post-treatment employment probability (theresponse)... …

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