, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK; 3) a neutral role - Denmark and Italy; and 4) a negative impact … - the case of Portugal; 2) a positive but stable role of education in terms of inequality - Austria, Finland, France … - Germany and Greece. We thus find that in most countries dispersion in earnings increases with educational levels and that …

principles, instruments, target groups and governance in Germany, France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the … US, Sweden and Denmark. It assesses the effectiveness and efficiency of activation policies in terms of bringing the …

France and Germany are two polar cases in the European debate about rising youth unemployment. Similar to what can be … been on continuous decline in Germany for many years, hardly affected by the Great Recession. This paper analyzes the …

administrative data set, we apply matching and regression methods to measure the effect of the Hartz reform in Germany, which … important type of training in Germany, we find a slightly positive impact of the reform. Our decomposition results suggest that …

administrative data set from Germany and statistical matching techniques. Our treatment groups consist of unemployed persons taking …

both unemployment and employment duration. Our analysis uses a rich administrative longitudinal data set for Germany where …