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Swedish youth labour market policies revisited
Forslund, Anders; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2006
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317947
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When strong ties are strong: Networks and youth labor market entry
Kramarz, Francis; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2011
The conditions under which young workers find their first real post-graduation jobs are both very important for the young's future careers and insufficiently known given their public policy implications. To study these conditions, and in particular the role played by networks, we use a Swedish...
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The matching method for treatment evaluation with selective participation and ineligibles
Costa Dias, Monica; Ichimura, Hidehiko; van den Berg, … - 2008
, we exploit the age eligibility restriction in the Swedish Youth Practice subsidized work program for young unemployed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273920
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The intergenerational effects of parental incarceration
Dobbie, Will; Grönqvist, Hans; Niknami, Susan; Palme, … - 2019
We estimate the causal effects of parental incarceration on children's short- and long-run out-comes using administrative data from Sweden. Our empirical strategy exploits exogenous varia-tion in parental incarceration from the random assignment of criminal defendants to judges with different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012388865
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Evaluation of Swedish Youth Labour Market Programmes
Larsson, Laura - 2000
This paper evaluates two Swedish active labour market programmes for youth, namely youth practice and labour market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321723
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Social programmes and job promotion for the BRICS youth
Lara de Arruda, Pedro; Slingsby, Ashleigh Kate - 2014
Youth as a concept engenders a multiplicity of definitions. This multiplicity and the contextspecific nature of the … term are recognised internationally. Therefore, in this paper we begin by exploring the diverse definitions of youth among … paper then provides insight into the re-politicisation of the youth category in light of the 2008 financial crisis and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011335900
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Formal and informal labour markets: Challenges and policy in the Central and Eastern European new EU members and candidate countries
Schneider, Friedrich; Burger, Christina - 2004
The paper aims at comparing the formal and informal labour markets in the Central and Eastern European new EU Member States and candidate countries of the European Union. First, the current situation of the labour market is described, focusing on the recent developments since the breaking up of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294504
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Long term effects of public policy for displaced workers in Sweden - shipyard workers in the West and miners in the North
Ohlsson, Henry; Storrie, Donald - 2007
The objective of this paper is to study the long term effects of public policy measures for displaced workers. Our focus is on the individuals affected by the cutbacks at the LKAB iron ore mines in northern Sweden in 1983 and the closure of the Uddevalla Shipyard in western Sweden in 1985. These...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321623
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The skill-specific impact of past and projected occupational decline
Hensvik, Lena; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2019
Using very detailed register data on cognitive abilities and productive personality traits for nearly all Swedish males at age 18, we show that employment in the recent past has shifted towards skill-intensive occupations. Employment growth is monotonically skill biased in relation to this set...
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The impact of sanctions for young welfare recipients on transitions to work and wages and on dropping out
van den Berg, Gerard J.; Uhlendorff, Arne; Wolff, Joachim - 2019
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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