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Patterns of integration : low educated people and their jobs in Norway, Italy and Hungary
Köllő, János - 2013
jobs of different complexity contribute to unskilled employment in Norway, Italy and Hungary. In search of how unqualified … relationships. The data suggest that unskilled employment in Norway benefits from synergies between work in skill-intensive jobs … highly complex jobs. In Hungary, insufficient skills (relative to Norway) and an undersized small-firm sector (relative to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010194753
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Size of training firms : the role of firms, luck, and ability in young workers' careers
Müller, Steffen; Neubäumer, Renate - 2016
This paper analyzes how life-cycle unemployment of former apprentices depends on the size of the training firm. We … start from the hypotheses that the size of training firms reduces long-run cumulated unemployment exposure, e.g. via …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011454435
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Vocational training for unemployed youth in Latvia : evidence from a regression discontinuity design
Bratti, Massimilano; Ghirelli, Corinna; Havari, Enkelejda; … - 2018
European Union to reduce youth unemployment rate and to support young people aged between 15 and 29 who are not in education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011924974
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The hidden cost of labor market entry during recession : unemployment rate at entry and occupational injury risk of young workers
Leombruni, Roberto; Razzolini, Tiziano; Serti, Francesco - 2015
workplace safety of young workers. We find that higher local unemployment rates at entry have a positive effect both on severe … injuries and non-severe injuries. While the impact of unemployment at entry on severe injuries is constant over time, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010510020
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The short-term effect of the COVID-19 crisis on employment probabilities of labour-market entrants in the Netherlands
Bussink, Henri; Vervliet, Tobias; Weel, Bas ter - 2022
This research documents employment opportunities of labour-market entrants during the COVID-19 crisis in the Netherlands. Two recent cohorts of graduates are studied and compared to two pre-COVID-19 cohorts: the 2019 cohort was unexpectedly hit by the COVID-19 crisis about six months after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013187166
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Ethnic minority youths in the labour markets in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden
Niknami, Susan; Schröder, Lena; Wadensjö, Eskil - 2019
This paper uses administrative data to in detail document how the share of youths not in employment, education or training has evolved over time in the Scandinavian countries. We study both first- and second-generation immigrant youths as well as natives to explore whether the pattern differ...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011998496
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Welfare activation and youth crime
Bratsberg, Bernt; Hernæs, Øystein; Markussen, Simen; … - 2018
We evaluate the impact on youth crime of a welfare reform that tightened activation requirements for social assistance clients. The evaluation strategy exploits administrative individual data in combination with geographically differentiated implementation of the reform. We find that the reform...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011893819
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Experimental evidence on the long-term impacts of a youth training program
Ibarrarán, Pablo; Kluve, Jochen; Ripani, Laura; Shady, … - 2015
unemployment in countries with high informality and no unemployment insurance. Looking at the local labor market context, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288535
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Safety valve or sinkhole? : vocational schooling in South Africa
Pugatch, Todd - 2012
unemployment ; South Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009668304
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Can arts-based interventions enhance labor market outcomes among youth? : evidence from a randomized trial in Rio de Janeiro
Calero, Carla; Corseuil, Carlos Henrique; Gonzales, Veronica - 2014
This paper provides findings of a small-scale, innovative labor training program that uses expressive arts and theatre as a pedagogical tool. The corresponding life skills training component is combined with a technical component teaching vocational skills. To our knowledge, this is the first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010359428