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sanctions for young unemployed welfare recipients based on German administrative data. The German welfare system is particularly …
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This paper estimates the effects of unemployment insurance (UI) benefits on job finding rates and entry level wages for … unemployed high school leavers. Up to year 2007, Swedish high school-students who became unemployed shortly after graduation were … entitled to UI-benefits once they became 20 years of age. Therefore, the start of an unemployment spell relative to the 20:th …
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mix to enhance the employability of the work disabled. Using rich longitudinal data, we follow unemployed young adults …. We follow these individuals up to four years after the start of unemployment. Our results indicate that, in spite of …. Having participated in workplace related programmes about doubles the likelihood of entering regular employment or education …
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We study the anatomy of responses to a major activation programme targeted at unemployed youth, introduced in Sweden in …
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We evaluate a non-targeted summer youth employment program (SYEP) for high school students aged 16-19 in Stockholm … obtaining more qualified and fulltime employment after high school graduation. We argue that receiving a program job leads to …
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The reintegration of young welfare recipients into the labor market is a major policy goal in many European countries. In this context monitoring and sanctions are important policy tools. In this paper, we analyze the impact of strict sanctions on job search outcomes for young welfare recipients...
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becoming unemployed, the duration of unemployment, or income. However, the results indicate that the program has a positive …Employment Security Agreements, which are elements of Swedish collective agreements, offer a unique opportunity to …, I investigate the effects of the individual counseling and job search assistance provided through the Employment …
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The Swedish employment rate is high in an international comparison and has been rising during recent decades. This … survey in this report suggests that the main drivers of the high and rising Swedish employment rates can be found in policies …
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's employment rates, women's unemployment and inactivity rates in 30 OECD countries from 1985 to 2018. The article theorizes about … highest rates of women's employment, and the lowest rates of unemployment and inactivity, are found in countries with large … ALMP and ECEC policies work together in improving women's employment rates in slightly different ways: ALMP is associated …
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We evaluate a temporary public sector employment program targeted at individuals with weak labor market attachment in … the program is successful in increasing employment and reducing social assistance. However, being at a regular workplace … seems crucial: we find negative employment effects for participants engaged in outdoor cleaning at a workplace created …
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