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Short-time work compensations and employment : temporary government schemes can have a positive economic effect

Cahuc, Pierre - 2014

employment levels during recessions. However, they can create inefficiency in the labor market, and might limit labor market …

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Do post-prison job opportunities reduce recidivism? : increasing the availability of high-quality job opportunities can reduce recidivism among released prisoners

Schnepel, Kevin T. - 2017

The majority of individuals released from prison face limited employment opportunities and do not successfully … randomized evaluations of employment-focused programs find increases in employment but little impact on recidivism. Recent …

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Do in-plant alliances foster employment? : an instrument for responding to an imminent economic crisis or for increasing firm competitiveness

Bellmann, Lutz - 2014

improve competitiveness. They encourage social partners to take greater responsibility for employment issues. Both unions and … works councils agree to such contracts because they see them as inevitable to avoid severe employment losses. Thus, these … alliances substantially unburden public employment policy. …

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Do minimum wages induce immigration? : the minimum wage affects international migration flows and the internal relocation of immigrants

Giulietti, Corrado - 2015

An increase in the minimum wage in immigrant destination countries raises the earnings that low-skilled migrants could expect to attain if they were to migrate. While some studies for the US indicate that a higher minimum wage induces immigration, contrasting evidence shows that immigrants are...

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The minimum wage versus the earned income tax credit for reducing poverty : enhancing the earned income tax credit would do more to reduce poverty, at less cost, than increasing th...

Burkhauser, Richard V. - 2015

employment in these families. …

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Can hiring subsidies benefit the unemployed? : hiring subsidies can be a very cost-effective way of helping the unemployed, but only when they are carefully targeted

Brown, Alessio J. G. - 2015

Long-term unemployment can lead to skill attrition and have detrimental effects on future employment prospects …, particularly following periods of economic crises when employment growth is slow and cannot accommodate high levels of unemployment …

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Employment effects of minimum wages : when minimum wages are introduced or raised, are there fewer jobs? : global evidence says yes

Neumark, David - 2014

low-wage, low-skill workers that minimum wages are intended to help. If minimum wages reduce employment of low …

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Public works programs in developing countries have the potential to reduce poverty : the success of public works programs in reducing poverty depends on their design and implementa...

Zimmermann, Laura - 2014

Public works programs in developing countries can reduce poverty in the long term and help lowskilled workers cope with economic shocks in the short term. But success depends on a scheme's design and implementation. Key design factors are: properly identifying the target population; selecting...

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Childcare subsidy policy : what it can and cannot accomplish : what are the implications of childcare subsidies for care quality, family well-being, and child development?

Tekin, Erdal - 2014

employment and reduce welfare dependence among low-income families. Childcare subsidies have been effective in enabling parents …

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Do childcare policies increase maternal employment? : subsidized childcare fosters maternal employment, but employment status, childcare quality, and availability matter

Vuri, Daniela - 2016

employment. Family policies that subsidize childcare and increase its availability have different effects on female labor supply … may depend on countryspecific pre-reform female employment and earnings, and childcare availability, costs, and quality. …

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