This paper evaluates the impact on employment probabilities of two training programs funded by the European Social Fund … recipients are indeed recent migrants, refugees, and women. By using different matching algorithms, this group was made as … two years before entering the programme. We find that the short-term impact of the training programs is negative …

two main sources: the program administration and compulsory communications on employment and unemployment spells. We found … a net impact of 5% on average for on-the-job training, but no impact for off-the-job training. On-the-job training also … theoretical, but very little work-related competences. Off-the-job training does affect the probability to experience at least one …

This paper surveys the emerging economics literature on the relationship between employee training and firm performance …. Most studies find very high returns to training, at least from the perspective of firms, indicating that the costs of … training can be recouped in short periods of time. These results follow from different identification approaches, including …

potentially adverse effects of employment protection legislation (EPL) on training in dual labour markets due to larger firms …

policy-oriented studies have dealt with the evolution of unemployment in 2020, often country by country, this article focuses … on the evolution of unemployment as well as inactivity across European countries. Indeed, previous crises have typically … lead not only to more unemployment but also to larger numbers of discouraged unemployed and thus more inactivity. It …

The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic and technological adjustment increased the risk of unemployment …, underemployment and skills mismatch across Europe. These increased risks highlighted the importance of national unemployment benefit … schemes for income security. This article examines the role of industrial relations in shaping unemployment benefit regimes in …