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It is a challenge for politics that an aging population leads to demands that the retirement age is increasing while … the labour market. However, the regulations have become more restrictive in the last decade and early retirement usually … leads to a lower pension. In this article, we map options for early retirement in other countries. We have found five main …
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We present experimental evidence on the effects of four U.S. reemployment programs for youth Unemployment Insurance (UI …
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With the introduction of a new welfare benefit system in 2005, Germany implemented quite strict benefit sanctions for welfare recipients aged younger than 25 years. For all types of non-compliance except for missing appointments, their basic cash benefit is withdrawn for three months. A second...
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Job search assistance and intensified counseling have been found to be effective for labor market integration by a large number of studies, but the evidence for older and hard-to-place unemployed individuals more specifically is mixed. In this paper we present key results from the evaluation of...
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this reform on workers' employment and various social security benefits (i.e. unemployment, disability, early retirement … article sheds light on this issue by ex-ploring the consequences of postponing access to an old-age unemployment program from … age 58 to 60. The program provides laid-off workers with a combination of unemployment benefits and a monthly supplement …
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of training for unemployed workers in France, using a rich register data set. Training has little impact on unemployment … probability is high. -- Treatment ; program participation ; unemployment duration ; training ; propensity score ; matching …
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In this paper we estimate by matching techniques the effects of a French retraining program on the reemployment rate of displaced workers. This program, called "Conventions de conversion", was intended to improve reemployment prospects of displaced workers by proposing them retraining and job...
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Population ageing poses stark dilemmas for labour markets, social protection systems and cultural norms. It will put strong downward pressure on labour supply, leading to falling real incomes and huge financial pressures on social protection systems unless there is an offsetting increase in...
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raised a series of challenges. Youth unemployment and joblessness have emerged as serious problems with the potentially very … policies affecting youth employment and unemployment and section concludes identifying key issues and areas where action is …
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unemployment in countries with high informality and no unemployment insurance. Looking at the local labor market context, the …
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