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The effects of COVID-19 on employment, labour markets and gender equality in Central America
Webster, Allan D.; Khorana, Sangeeta; Pastore, Francesco - 2021
This study considers the economic impact of Covid-19 on enterprises in four Central American countries – El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. At the time of the analysis neither the pandemic nor its economic consequences had fully run their course. It is not, therefore, a definitive...
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Employment guaranteed? : social protection during a pandemic
Afridi, Farzana; Mahajan, Kanika; Sangwan, Nikita - 2021
others depending on the nature and skill level of work offered. …
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Closing the gender gap : promoting labour market participation
Harris, Jorgen M.; Patacchini, Eleonora - 2024
In many countries, a significant share of the gender earnings gap stems not only from firm's practices, or self-selection into lower productivity jobs, but also from a lower participation among women. Inactivity around the age of motherhood is frequent including in the most advanced countries,...
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Evaluating labour market policy
Eichhorst, Werner; Konle-Seidl, Regina - 2016
Labour market institutions are deemed to have a great influence on the level and structure of employment. This holds for regulation on employment protection, minimum wages or tax/benefit systems as well as active labour market policies. This is why policy makers implement labour market reforms...
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Early child care and labor supply of lower-SES mothers : a randomized controlled trial
Hermes, Henning; Krauß, Marina; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2022
We present experimental evidence that enabling access to universal early child care for families with lower socioeconomic status (SES) increases maternal labor supply. Our intervention provides families with customized help for child care applications, resulting in a large increase in enrollment...
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Active labor market programs : employment gain or fiscal drain?
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Koettl, Johannes - 2012
work sharing schemes, should be applied in severe recessions for a limited time period of time only. ALMPs creating … market, especially during recoveries. In-work benefits and public works are not very cost-efficient in terms of raising … labor market programs ; short work ; subsidies ; training ; workfare ; activation ; sanctions ; job search assistance …
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The heterogeneous impact of short-time work: from saved jobs to windfall effects
Cahuc, Pierre; Kramarz, Francis; Nevoux, Sandra - 2021
Paid family leave allows workers to take time off from work to care for a family member with a serious health condition … implement a paid family leave program allowing workers to take up to eight weeks off work with partial pay to care for their own … are aged 45-64 and have a disabled spouse, using the 2001-2008 American Community Survey. Our preferred estimates suggest …
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How effective are hiring subsidies to reduce long-term unemployment among prime-aged jobseekers? : evidence from Belgium
Desiere, Sam; Cockx, Bart - 2021
Hiring subsidies are widely used to create (stable) employment for the long-term unemployed. This paper exploits the abolition of a hiring subsidy targeted at long-term unemployed jobseekers over 45 years of age in Belgium to evaluate its effectiveness in the short and medium run. Based on a...
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Temporary work as an active labor market policy : evaluating an innovative program for disadvantaged youths
Ehlert, Christoph; Kluve, Jochen; Schaffner, Sandra - 2012
While high rates of youth unemployment are a severe problem in most European countries, the program evaluation … components: a) individual coaching, b) classroom training and c) temporary work. Using an ex-post quasi-randomization approach …. -- program evaluation ; disadvantaged youths ; temporary work ; ALMP …
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Long run effects of youth training programs : experimental evidence from Argentina
Alzúa, María Laura; Cruces, Guillermo; López, Carolina - 2016
We study the effect of a job training program for low income youth in Cordoba, Argentina. The program included life-skills …
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