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How to fight long-term unemployment : lessons from Germany

Spermann, Alexander - In: IZA journal of labor policy 4 (2015), pp. 1-15

The number of long-term unemployed in Germany has stagnated at around one million for several years. Despite excellent …

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Subsidized work before and after the German Hartz reforms : design of major schemes, evaluation results and lessons learnt

Wolff, Joachim; Stephan, Gesine - In: IZA journal of labor policy 2 (2013), pp. 1-24

usually public or non-profit sector jobs for the unemployed in Germany. An important effect of hiring subsidies is that they …

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Intensifying the use of benefit sanctions : an effective tool to increase employment?

Boockmann, Bernhard; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Walter, Thomas - In: IZA journal of labor policy 3 (2014), pp. 1-19

In Germany, imposition of benefit cuts for non-compliant welfare recipients depends on the policy of the local welfare …, whether a stricter use of sanctions will be effective in Germany. We analyze this question by exploiting the variation of …

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Another economic miracle? : the German labor market and the great recession

Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: IZA journal of labor policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-21

Germany’s labor market responded only mildly to the Great Recession. Important factors for this development include the … particularly affected by the crisis. Although Germany’s experience is in stark contrast to the United States, we identify and …

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Editorial : IZA Journal of Labor Policy

Jimeno, Juan Francisco; Neumark, David; … - In: IZA journal of labor policy 1 (2012), pp. 1-2

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From unemployment to self-employment : the role of entrepreneurship training

Michaelides, Marios; Davis, Scott - In: IZA journal of labor policy 10 (2020) 1/18, pp. 1-35

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The impact of parental leave policy on child-rearing and employment behavior : the case of Germany

Chirkova, Serafima - In: IZA journal of labor policy 9 (2019) 1, pp. 1-27

studies the impact of the substantial change in Germany’s parental leave system on maternal employment. The aim of the reform …

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Are active labour market policies effective in activating and integrating low-skilled individuals? An international comparison

Escudero, Verónica - In: IZA journal of labor policy 7 (2018) 4, pp. 1-24

This paper examines the effectiveness of active labour market policies (ALMPs) in improving labour market outcomes, especially of low-skilled individuals, by means of a pooled cross-country and time series database for 31 advanced countries during the period 1985–2010. The analysis includes...

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Effects of a national work hours restriction in a high hours country

Lee, Jieun - In: IZA journal of labor policy 12 (2022) 1, pp. 1-18

This paper examines the effect of a new maximum work hour restriction introduced in South Korea in 2018 that limited maximum working hours from 68 h/week to 52 h/week. I use difference-in-differences analysis with continuous treatment measuring the prevalence of those working longer than 52...

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