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How Stable Is Labour Market Dualism? Reforms of Employment Protection in Nine European Countries

Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul - 2019

Labour market segmentation currently is at the forefront of national and European policy debates. While the European Commission and the OECD try to promote what they see as more inclusive policies, academic observers remain skeptical. Particularly the dualisation literature points to stable...

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The interaction of labor market regulation and labor market policies in welfare state reform

Eichhorst, Werner; Konle-Seidl, Regina - 2005

Employment protection legislation, unemployment benefits and active labor market policy are Janus-faced institutions … results in higher and more persistent unemployment. Hence, in order to in-crease the adaptability of European labor markets … employment protection, unemployment insurance and active labor market policies in different European welfare states (Denmark …

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Crisis, what crisis? Patterns of adaptation in European labor markets

Eichhorst, Werner; Feil, Michael; Marx, Paul - 2010

countries have experienced a steep increase in unemployment, employment in other developed economies has not fallen in parallel … performance can explain the development of unemployment in the situation of crisis in some clusters of countries much better than …

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Labor Market Reforms in Europe: Towards More Flexicure Labor Markets?

Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul; Wehner, Caroline - 2016

and restrictions on fixed‐term contracts; (2) unemployment benefit generosity and coverage; and (3) the intensity of … unemployment benefits and access to ALMPs. In particular, we will provide some evidence on potential changes in hirings on …

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Evaluating Labour Market Policy

Eichhorst, Werner; Konle-Seidl, Regina - 2016

market reforms is a sustainable reduction of structural and cyclical unemployment. This chapter reviews major approaches and …

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How to Combine the Entry of Young People in the Labour Market with the Retention of Older Workers?

Eichhorst, Werner; Boeri, Tito; De Coen, An; Galasso, … - 2013

This paper provides an overview of the employment situation of young and old workers in the EU Member States, setting out the most recent development during the crisis and dealing with policies implemented to promote the employment of both groups. The evidence collected shows that there is no...

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Assessing the Performance of School-to-Work Transition Regimes in the EU

Hadjivassiliou, Kari P; Tassinari, Arianna; Eichhorst, … - 2016

young people's STW transitions and mediating the impact of the Great Recession on youth unemployment. Drawing upon Pohl and …The Great Recession that has engulfed Europe since 2008 has had a profound impact on the process of young people …

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Youth unemployment and vocational training

Biavaschi, Costanza; Eichhorst, Werner; Giulietti, Corrado - 2012

This paper focuses on the determinants of the labor market situation of young people in developed countries and the developing world, with a special emphasis on the role of vocational training and education policies. We highlight the role of demographic factors, economic growth and labor market...

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Returns to Skills around the World: Evidence from PIAAC

Hanushek, Eric A.; Schwerdt, Guido; Wiederhold, Simon; … - 2013

Existing estimates of the labor-market returns to human capital give a distorted picture of the role of skills across different economies. International comparisons of earnings analyses rely almost exclusively on school attainment measures of human capital, and evidence incorporating direct...

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Human Capital Quality and Aggregate Income Differences: Development Accounting for U.S. States

Hanushek, Eric A.; Ruhose, Jens; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015

Although many U.S. state policies presume that human capital is important for state economic development, there is little research linking better education to state incomes. In a complement to international studies of income differences, we investigate the extent to which quality-adjusted...

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