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What active labour market programmes work for immigrants in Europe? : A meta-analysis of the evaluation literature
Butschek, Sebastian; Walter, Thomas - 2013
combat immigrant unemployment: training, job search assistance, and subsidised public and private sector employment. We find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009784011
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How acid are lemons? : Adverse selection and signalling for skilled labour market entrants
Wagner, Robert; Zwick, Thomas - 2012
This paper jointly analyses the consequences of adverse selection and signalling on entry wages of skilled employees. It uses German linked employer employee panel data (LIAB) and introduces a measure for relative productivity of skilled job applicants based on apprenticeship wages. It shows...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009510171
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Flexibilität der qualifikatorischen Lohnstruktur und Lastverteilung der Arbeitslosigkeit : eine ökonometrische Analyse für Westdeutschland
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Franz, Wolfgang - 1998
, dass mit einer größeren Lohnspreizung die Lastverteilung der Arbeitslosigkeit bei gegebenem Output, Kapitaleinsatz und …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011440988
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Wage divergence and unemployment : the impact of insider power and training costs
Muysken, Joan; Zwick, Thomas - 2000
The US labour market is characterized by a high skill wage mark-up and low unemployment, while the German labour market … has a low skill wage mark-up and a high, mainly unskilled unemployment rate. This paper adds an innovative labour supply … to an increased relative skill demand which is not matched by the skill supply and therefore mis-match unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011444759
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How much does a year off cost? : estimating the wage effects of employment breaks and part-time periods
Beblo, Miriam; Wolf, Elke - 2000
Discontinuities in the employment profile are supposed to cause wage cuts since they imply an interruption in the accumulation of human capital as well as a depreciation of the human capital stock built up in the past. In this paper, we estimate the return to effective experience, taking into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011445624
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Gregariousness, interactive jobs and wages
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Schulz, Nico Johannes - 2011
Gregariousness is an important aspect of human life with implications for labour market outcomes. The paper examines, to the best of our knowledge for the first time for Germany, gregariousness and social interaction at the workplace and associated wage differentials. Our empirical findings with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008901534
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Integrating young male refugees : initial evidence from an inclusive soccer project
Lange, Martin; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Berg, Gerard J. van den - 2017
The study analyses data collected among a group of young male refugees who participated in a randomized experiment. Refugees were randomly assigned to a soccer project, which aimed at facilitating labour market integration, or to a control group. We evaluate the randomization process, we discuss...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011623422
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Jobs, crime, and votes : a short-run evaluation of the refugee crisis in Germany
Gehrsitz, Markus; Ungerer, Martin - 2018
Millions of refugees made their way to Europe between 2014 and 2015, with over one million arriving in Germany alone. Yet, little is known about the impact of this inflow on labor markets, crime, and voting behavior. This article uses administrative data on refugee allocation and provides an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011876117
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Reduction in the long-term unemployment of the elderly : a success story from Finnland
Kyyrä, Tomi (contributor); Wilke, Ralf A. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002240654
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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
inflows into unemployment for the years 1986/87 and 1993/94 and apply local linear matching based on the estimated propensity … score to estimate the effects of training programs starting during 1 to 2, 3 to 4, and 5 to 8 quarters of unemployment. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003338016