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The Aggregate Labor Market Effects of the Swedish Knowledge Lift Program
Albrecht, James; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Vroman, Susan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift (1997-2002) was unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of large numbers of lowskill workers. This paper evaluates the potential effects of this program on aggregate labor market outcomes. This is done...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822408
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Active Labor Market Policy Effects for Women in Europe: A Survey
Bergemann, Annette; Berg, Gerard J. van den - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We survey the recent literature on the effects of active labor market policies on individual labor market outcomes like employment and income, for adult female individuals without work in European countries. We consider skill-training programs, monitoring and sanctions, job search assistance,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703577
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Multiple equilibria and minimum wages in labor markets with informational frictions and heterogeneous production technologies
Berg, Gerard J. van den - VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business … - 1999
It is often argued that a mandatory minimum wage is binding only if the wage density displays a spike at it. In this paper we analyze a model with wage setting, search frictions, and heterogeneous production technologies, in which imposition of a minimum wage affects wages even though, after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150510
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Multiple equilibria and minimum wages in labor markets with informational frictions and heterogeneous production technologies
Berg, Gerard J. van den - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en … - 1999
It is often argued that a mandatory minimum wage is binding only if the wage density displays a spike at it. In this paper we analyze a model with wage setting, search frictions, and heterogeneous production technologies, in which imposition of a minimum wage affects wages even though, after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010782571
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Marginal Employment, Unemployment Duration and Job Match Quality
Caliendo, Marco; Künn, Steffen; Uhlendorff, Arne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
incentives due to higher net earnings. Additional earnings during unemployment might lead to higher reservation wages prolonging … the duration of unemployment, yet also giving unemployed individuals more time to search for better and more stable jobs … evaluate the impact of marginal employment on unemployment duration and subsequent job quality, we consider a sample of fresh …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279273
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Do Stepping Stone Jobs exist? Early Career Paths in the Medical Profession
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Holm, Anders; Ours, Jan C. van - Tinbergen Instituut - 1999
becoming juniormedical specialist. To deal with selectivity, we simultaneously model thetransitions from unemployment to … trainee, from unemployment to medicalassistant, from medical asistant to trainee and from medical assistant tounemployment. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256256
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Does work experience help to become a medical specialist?
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Holm, Anders; Ours, Jan C. van - VU University Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics, Business … - 1999
becoming junior medical specialist. To deal with se-lectivity, we simultaneously model the transitions from unemployment to … trainee, from unemployment to medical assistant, from medical as-sistant to trainee and from medical assistant to unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005150613
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Do Stepping Stone Jobs exist? Early Career Paths in the Medical Profession
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Holm, Anders; Ours, Jan C. van - Tinbergen Institute - 1999
becoming junior medical specialist. To deal with selectivity, we simultaneously model the transitions from unemployment to … trainee, from unemployment to medical assistant, from medical asistant to trainee and from medical assistant to unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504947
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Does work experience help to become a medical specialist?
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Holm, Anders; Ours, Jan C. van - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en … - 1999
becoming junior medical specialist. To deal with se-lectivity, we simultaneously model the transitions from unemployment to … trainee, from unemployment to medical assistant, from medical as-sistant to trainee and from medical assistant to unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010782262
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Marginal Employment, Unemployment Duration and Job Match Quality
Caliendo, Marco; Künn, Steffen; Uhlendorff, Arne - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2012
incentives due to higher net earnings. Additional earnings during unemployment might lead to higher reservation wages prolonging … the duration of unemployment, yet also giving unemployed individuals more time to search for better and more stable jobs … evaluate the impact of marginal employment on unemployment duration and subsequent job quality, we consider a sample of fresh …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128869