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Job training programs can be an eective policy for improving productivity and labor market outcomes in low and middle … income countries. We report medium and long-term impacts of a job training program for vulnerable workers in Chile on labor … by course-type, training provider quality, and gender. This evidence aims at contributing to a better design of training …
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unemployment insurance (UI). This policy reform improved job information and sharpened bureaucratic incentives to find jobs for the … unemployment outflows. This is consistent with a model where information helps both groups, but bureaucrats were given incentives …
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This paper is the first to use program administrative data from Brazil's National Employment System (SINE) to assess the impact of SINE job interview referrals on labor market outcomes. Data for a five-year period (2012-2016) are used to evaluate the impact of SINE on employment probability,...
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This paper brings new evidence on the impact of The Peruvian Job Youth Training Program (Projoven). Compared with prior … also the first to measure impacts over a longer period: almost three years after training. Additionally, the evaluation …
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This paper presents the results of a randomized controlled trial on the long-term impacts of a youth training program …. The empirical analysis estimates labor market impacts six years after the training - including long-term labor market … trajectories of young people - and, it is one of the first experimental long-term evaluation of a youth training program outside …
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the 2018-2021 period. The analysis focuses on the divergences in out-of-unemployment transitions and medium … detachment, prolonged periods of unemployment or a diminished success rate in reemployment. However, certain socio …
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We investigate the role of grandparental childcare for fertility decisions of their offspring. Exploiting pension reforms in Italy, we argue that delayed retirement represents a negative shock to the supply of informal childcare for the next generation. We show that, when the maternal...
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A child's family structure is a fundamental determinant of future well-being, making it essential to understand how public policies affect the involvement of fathers. In this paper, we exploit a reform of the German parental leave system which increased mother's income and reduced legal father's...
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We draw lessons from existing work and our own analysis on the effects of parental leave and other interventions aimed at aiding families. The outcomes of interest are female employment, gender gaps in earnings and fertility. We begin with a discussion of the historical introduction of family...
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