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How weather-proof is the construction sector? : empirical evidence from Germany
Arntz, Melanie (contributor); Wilke, Ralf A. (contributor) - 2008
With the purpose to reduce winter unemployment and to promote all-season employment in the constructions sector, Germany maintains an extensive bad weather allowance system. Since the mid 1990s, these regulations have been subject to several reforms that resemble the range of approaches for...
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Selektivität und direkte Wirkungen von Vermittlungsgutscheinen : empirische Befunde aus der Einführungsphase
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm (contributor);  … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003314693
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Private job placement services : a microeconometric evaluation for Germany
Winterhager, Henrik (contributor) - 2006
In recent years, coinciding with the discussion led in many OECD countries, Germany has started to contract out placement services for the unemployed to private agencies. Whereas in the Netherlands and Australia the whole system of employment services was reorganized at once, making an...
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How do employment effects of job creation schemes differ with respect to the foregoing unemployment duration?
Hujer, Reinhard (contributor);  … - 2006
Based on new administrative data for Germany covering entrances into job creation schemes between July 2000 and May 2001, we evaluate the effects of this active labour market policy programme on the employability of the participating individuals. The programme effects are estimated considering...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003337998
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Get training or wait? : Long-run employment effects of training programs for the unemploymed in West Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd (contributor);  … - 2006
Long-term public sector sponsored training programs often show little or negative short-run employment effects and often it is not possible to assess whether positive long-run effects exist. Based on unique administrative data, this paper estimates the long-run differential employment effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003338016
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Vermittlungsgutscheine und Beauftragungen Dritter im Vergleich
Winterhager, Hendrik (contributor);  … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003338017
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Choosing from the reform menu card : individual determinants of labour market policy preferences
Heinemann, Friedrich (contributor);  … - 2009
This contribution empirically explores the drivers of labour market reform acceptance for the individual level in Germany. For that purpose we make use of the representative German General Social Survey (ALLBUS). This survey offers data to which extent individuals support benefit cuts, longer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003806186
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Do hiring subsidies reduce unemployment among the elderly? : Evidence from two natural experiments
Boockmann, Bernhard (contributor) - 2007
We estimate the effects of hiring subsidies for older workers on transitions from unemployment to employment in Germany. Using a natural experiment, our first set of estimates is based on a legal change extending the group of eligible unemployed persons. A subsequent legal change in the opposite...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003404796
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Das Mannheimer Grundsicherungsmodell - der Weg zu einer effizienteren und gerechteren Grundsicherung ohne Absenkung des Arbeitslosengelden II-Niveaus
Genz, Hermann (contributor); Spermann, Alexander (contributor) - 2007
Wie lässt sich die Grundsicherung in Deutschland effizienter und gerechter ausgestalten, wenn das Arbeitslosengeld II …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003404823
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The heterogeneous effects of training incidence and duration on labor market transitions
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Osikominu, Aderonke; Paul, Marie - 2010
Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen sind ein wichtiger Bestandteil der Aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Deutschland und in vielen … Beschäftigungssuche ab, denn in Deutschland können dem Arbeitslosen zu jedem Zeitpunkt Weiterbildungsmaßnahmen zugewiesen werden …. Wir evaluieren ein wichtiges Programm der beruflichen Weiterbildung in Deutschland (Förderung der beruflichen …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008665400