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Youth unemployment and vocational training
Biavaschi, Costanza; Eichhorst, Werner; Giulietti, Corrado - 2012
an important driver of differential labor market situation of youth. Based on our analysis we argue in favor of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289861
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Youth Unemployment and Vocational Training
Biavaschi, Costanza; Eichhorst, Werner; Giulietti, Corrado - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
an important driver of differential labor market situation of youth. Based on our analysis we argue in favor of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011271995
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Apprenticeship, Vocational Training and Early Labor Market Outcomes in East and West Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Zibrowius, Michael - 2015
We study the returns to apprenticeship and vocational training for three early labor market outcomes all measured at age 25 for East and West German youths: non-employment (i.e., unemployment or out of the labor force), permanent fulltime employment, and wages. We find strong positive effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513177
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Apprenticeship, Vocational Training and Early Labor Market Outcomes in East and West Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Zibrowius, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
We study the returns to apprenticeship and vocational training for three early labor market outcomes all measured at age 25 for East and West German youths: non-employment (i.e., unemployment or out of the labor force), permanent fulltime employment, and wages. We find strong positive effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011206861
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Youth Unemployment and Active Labor Market Policies in Europe
Caliendo, Marco; Schmidl, Ricarda - 2015
Since the economic crisis in 2008, European youth unemployment rates have been persistently high at around 20% on … integration into the first labor market or further education. Based on a detailed assessment of the particularities of the youth … recent evidence on the effectiveness of these ALMP for youth in Europe, highlighting factors that seem to promote or impede …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401758
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329042
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Sanctions for Young Welfare Recipients
van den Berg, Gerard J.; Uhlendorff, Arne; Wolff, Joachim - 2013
Social welfare systems usually imply specific obligations for benefit recipients. If a recipient does not comply with these obligations, a sanction involving a punitive benefits reduction may be imposed. In this paper we give an overview of the literature on the effects of sanctions in social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329136
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Can Active Labour Market Policies Combat Youth Unemployment?
Maibom Pedersen, Jonas; Rosholm, Michael; Svarer, Michael - 2014
evidence on the effectiveness of ALMPs as a way of fighting youth unemployment using results from a randomised controlled trial … findings are relatively unfavourable in the sense that further intensification of an already quite intensive effort for youth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010333238
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Targeting Tax Relief at Youth Employment
Webb, Matthew D.; Warman, Casey; Sweetman, Arthur - 2016
Canada's Youth Hires program was a targeted employment subsidy that rebated employment insurance premiums to employers … with net increases in insurable earnings for youth aged 18-24. Using a difference-in-differences approach, in each of two …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011559610
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Waiting Longer Before Claiming, and Activating Youth: No Point?
Cockx, Bart; Van Belle, Eva - 2016
counselling and training in the Youth Work Plan (YWP) if a job is not found within three months. The length of the waiting period …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011559649