net cost of training (during the training period) are a major determinant for the demand for apprentices. Different count … data models, in particular hurdle models, are used to estimate the effect of net cost on the demand for apprentices. The … for apprentices, once the firm has decided to train. For policy purposes, these results indicate that subsidies for firms …

, we exploit the age eligibility restriction in the Swedish Youth Practice subsidized work program for young unemployed … ineffectiveness of subsidized work in moving individuals into employment. …

different policy regimes currently in use. Results suggest that youth policies are more effective than the policies covering … relative efficiency of youth programmes and general adult programmes which are available also for the young. The results … indicate that youth programmes are significantly less effective than adult oriented programmes. Overall, the evidence thus …

employment. The effects are concentrated among children from the most disadvantaged families, where criminal convictions increase … by 10 percentage points, high school graduation decreases by 25 percentage points, and employment at age 25 decreases by …

objective is to identify policy tools that help generate sustained increases in employment in the long run. Therefore, we focus …

difficulties. This study explores potential future employment dynamics across European industries and employment groups for the …

This paper investigates the nature of the output-employment relationship by using the Turkish quarterly data for the … period from 1988 to 2008. Even if we fail to find a long-run relationship between aggregate output and total employment …, there are long-run relationships for the aggregate output with non-agricultural employment and sectoral employment levels …

India. It identifies three channels through which SEZs address these issues: employment generation, skill formation (human … interviews of entrepreneurs and workers across the three largest SEZs (in terms of their contribution to exports and employment …) : SEEPZ, Madras and Noida. The analysis reveals that `employment generation' has been the most important channel through which …

. Thus, apprentices correlate with slower adoption of skillreplacing technologies, but also less employment polarization. We … employment polarization related to apprentices, but similar displacement of non-apprentices as in the US. … model with two key features is developed: (1) apprentices are more productive due to industry-specific training, but (2 …