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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 …
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participation and unemployment. CPFL enables workers to take at most six weeks of paid leave over a 12 month period in order to bond … women's labor force participation and unemployment. We find that the labor force participation rate, the unemployment rate …, and the duration of unemployment among young women rose in California compared to states that did not adopt paid family …
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participation and unemployment. CPFL enables workers to take at most six weeks of paid leave over a 12 month period in order to bond … women's labor force participation and unemployment. We find that the labor force participation rate, the unemployment rate …, and the duration of unemployment among young women rose in California compared to states that did not adopt paid family …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011098069
This paper critically reviews what we know about the long-term effects of parental leave and early childhood education programs. We find only limited evidence that expansions of parental leave durations improved long-run educational or labor market outcomes of the children whose parents were...
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The mismatch between laborer's abilities and the target subject of the training program is one of the most primary … concerns for a labor training program. The ability of different workers may significantly affect the outcomes of a labor … training program. The objective of this paper is to look at the incentive of labor to enter the program using data of a pilot …
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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 …
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The importance of using natural experiments in economic research has long been recognized. Yet, it is only in recent years that natural experiments have become an integral part of the economist's analytical toolbox, thanks to the efforts of Meyer, Card, Peters, Krueger, Gruber, and others. This...
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The importance of using natural experiments in economic research has long been recognized. Yet, it is only in recent years that natural experiments have become an integral part of the economist's analytical toolbox, thanks to the efforts of Meyer, Card, Peters, Krueger, Gruber, and others. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010555772
Labor markets in low- and middle income countries are characterized by high levels of informality. A multitude of interventions have therefore been implemented in many countries with the objective to increase the formalization of firms and workers, including information campaigns, simplification...
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The authors employ spatial econometrics techniques and Annual Averages data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 1990-2004 to examine how changes in the minimum wage affect teen employment. Spatial econometrics techniques account for the fact that employment is correlated across states....
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