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The Aggregate Labor Market Effects of the Swedish Knowledge Lift Program

Albrecht, James; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Vroman, Susan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift (1997-2002) was unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of large numbers of lowskill workers. This paper evaluates the potential effects of this program on aggregate labor market outcomes. This is done...

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Combining micro and macro unemployment duration data

Berg, Gerard J. van den; Klaauw, Bas van der - 2000

We combine micro and macro unemployment duration data to study the effects of the business cycle on the outflow from … unemployment. We allow the cycle to affect individual exit probabilities of unemployed workers as well as the composition of the … total inflow into unemployment. We estimate the model using (micro) survey data and (macro) administrative data from France …

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Active Labor Market Policy Effects for Women in Europe: A Survey

Bergemann, Annette; Berg, Gerard J. van den - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

We survey the recent literature on the effects of active labor market policies on individual labor market outcomes like employment and income, for adult female individuals without work in European countries. We consider skill-training programs, monitoring and sanctions, job search assistance,...

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Counseling and monitoring of unemployed workers : theory and evidence from a controlled social experiment

Berg, Gerard J. van den; Klaauw, Bas van der - 2001

We investigate the effect of counseling and monitoring on the individual transition rate to employment. We theoretically analyze these policies in a job search model with two search channels and endogenous search effort. In the empirical analysis we use unique administrative and survey data...

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Swedish Labor Market Training and the Duration of Unemployment

Richardson, Katarina; Berg, Gerard J. van den - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

cornerstone of labor market policy. We analyze causal effects on the individual transition rate from unemployment to employment by …-parametric identification. The data cover the population and include multiple unemployment spells for many individuals. The results indicate a … diminishes after some weeks. When taking account of the time spent in the program, the effect on the mean unemployment duration …

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Wage competition between agriculture and industry in mid-nineteeth century France

Magnac, Thierry; Postel-Vinay, Gilles - 1995

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The anatomy of unemployment dynamics

Abbring, Jaap H.; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Ours, Jan C. van - 1994

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Attrition in panel data and the estimation of dynamic labor market models

Berg, Gerard J. van den; Lindeboom, Maarten - 1994

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