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Does the welfare state make older workers unemployable?
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2009
specificities for the effect of labor market institutions on the employability of those workers. It shows that while unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003900521
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Worker identity, employment fluctuations and stabilization policy
Snower, Dennis J.; Lechthaler, Wolfgang - 2013
This paper provides a model of "social hysteresis" whereby long, deep recessions demotivate workers and thereby lead them to change their work ethic. In switching from a pro-work to an anti-work identity, their incentives to seek and retain work fall and consequently their employment chances...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009752694
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Heterogeneous sports participation and labour market outcomes in England
Lechner, Michael; Downward, Paul - 2013
to employability, but that this varies by age across genders and that outdoor activities contribute most towards higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010201710
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The consequences of long term unemployment : evidence from matched employer-employee data
Abraham, Katharine G.; Haltiwanger, John C.; Sandusky, … - 2016
It is well known that the long-term unemployed fare worse in the labor market than the short-term unemployed, but less clear why this is so. One potential explanation is that the long-term unemployed are "bad apples" who had poorer prospects from the outset of their spells (heterogeneity)....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011541313
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Retaining through training : even for older workers
Picchio, Matteo; Ours, Jan C. van - 2011
This paper investigates whether on-the-job training has an effect on the employability of workers. Using data from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009235187
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"Employability-miles" and worker employability awareness
Gerards, Ruud; Grip, Andries de; Witlox, Maaike - 2012
This article studies the use and impact of a firm-sponsored training ("Employability-miles") voucher scheme that aims … to stimulate employees to develop a more active attitude toward their own employability. Using data from two surveys of …, we find that voucher use positively affects worker employability awareness and willingness to train. Remarkably …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009613686
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Admission conditions and graduates' employability
Alexandre, Fernando (contributor);  … - 2008
relationship with graduates' employability. We find that study programs with larger numeri clausi are associated with a higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003722149
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Retaining Through Training : Even for Older Workers
Picchio, Matteo - 2011
This paper investigates whether on-the-job training has an effect on the employability of workers. Using data from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013127957
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Improving the Employment Rates of People with Disabilities Through Vocational Education
Mavromaras, Kostas G. - 2011
During the 2001-8 period, the employment rate of people with a disability remained remarkably low in most western economies, hardly responding to better macroeconomic conditions and favourable anti-discrimination legislation and interventions. Continuing health and productivity improvements in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128833
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'Employability-Miles' and Worker Employability Awareness
Gerards, Ruud - 2012
This article studies the use and impact of a firm-sponsored training ("Employability-miles") voucher scheme that aims … to stimulate employees to develop a more active attitude toward their own employability. Using data from two surveys of …, we find that voucher use positively affects worker employability awareness and willingness to train. Remarkably …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099752