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The Aggregate Labor Market Effects of the Swedish Knowledge Lift Program

Albrecht, James; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Vroman, Susan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift (1997-2002) was unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of large numbers of lowskill workers. This paper evaluates the potential effects of this program on aggregate labor market outcomes. This is done...

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Active Labor Market Policy Effects for Women in Europe: A Survey

Bergemann, Annette; Berg, Gerard J. van den - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

We survey the recent literature on the effects of active labor market policies on individual labor market outcomes like employment and income, for adult female individuals without work in European countries. We consider skill-training programs, monitoring and sanctions, job search assistance,...

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Swedish Labor Market Training and the Duration of Unemployment

Richardson, Katarina; Berg, Gerard J. van den - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

cornerstone of labor market policy. We analyze causal effects on the individual transition rate from unemployment to employment by …-parametric identification. The data cover the population and include multiple unemployment spells for many individuals. The results indicate a … diminishes after some weeks. When taking account of the time spent in the program, the effect on the mean unemployment duration …

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Active Labor Market Policy Effects in a Dynamic Setting

Crépon, Bruno; Ferracci, Marc; Jolivet, Grégory; … - In: Journal of the European Economic Association 7 (2009) 2-3, pp. 595-605

of training for unemployed workers in France, using a rich register data set. Training has little impact on unemployment …

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The Effect of Active Labor Market Programs on Not-Yet Treated Unemployed Individuals

Berg, Gerard J. van den; Bergemann, Annette H.; … - In: Journal of the European Economic Association 7 (2009) 2-3, pp. 606-616

Labor market programs may affect unemployed individuals' behavior before they enroll. Such ex ante effects are hard to identify without model assumptions. We develop a novel method that relates self-reported perceived treatment rates and job-search behavioral outcomes, like the reservation wage,...

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