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fixed effects. There is only limited evidence that they are rewarded for the 'performance' of the institutions they manage … explanation for the determination of CEO pay in this labour market. …
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We use household panel data to explore the wage returns associated with training incidence and intensity (duration) for British employees. We find these returns differ depending on the nature of the training; who funds the training; the skill levels of the recipient (white or blue collar); the...
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records plus matched labour market data. We focus on three main issues: whether performance pay matters for public service …This paper addresses a lack of evidence on the impact of performance pay in the public sector by evaluating a pilot … targets, measured with varying degrees of precision. We use data from the agency's performance management system and personnel …
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The need to evaluate the performance of active labour market policies is not questioned any longer. Even though OECD … focus on microeconometric evaluation which has to solve the fundamental evaluation problem and overcome the possible … occurrence of selection bias. When using non-experimental data, different evaluation approaches can be thought of. The aim of …
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Turning unemployment into self-employment has become an increasingly important part of active labor market policies … find that over 80% of participants are integrated in the labor market and have relatively high labor income five years … for the unemployed tend to be most effective for disadvantaged groups in the labor market. …
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Countries often spend billions on university research. There is growing interest in how to assess whether that money is well spent. Is there an objective way to assess the quality of a nation's world-leading science? I attempt to suggest a method, and illustrate it with modern data on economics....
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Recent microeconometric evaluation studies have shown that start-up subsidies for unemployed individuals are an … active labor market programs (e.g. training, job search assistance or job creation schemes). What has not been examined yet … restrictions in areas with relatively bad labor market conditions generally increase entries into start-up programs as job offers …
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The need for education to help every child rather than focus on average attainment has become a more central part of the policy agenda in the US and the UK. Remedial programmes are often difficult to evaluate because participation is usually based on pupil characteristics that are largely...
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Turning unemployment into self-employment has become an increasingly important part of active labor market policies … find that over 80% of participants are integrated in the labor market and have relatively high labor income five years … for the unemployed tend to be most effective for disadvantaged groups in the labor market. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008592864
Recent microeconometric evaluation studies have shown that start-up subsidies for unemployed individuals are an … active labor market programs (e.g. training, job search assistance or job creation schemes). What has not been examined yet … restrictions in areas with relatively bad labor market conditions generally increase entries into start-up programs as job offers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010775587