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DOES ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET POLICY REDUCE UNEMPLOYMENT WHEN SEARCH IS ENDOGENOUS?
Filges, Trine; Larsen, Birthe - Økonomisk Institut, Copenhagen Business School - 2000
We analyse the effects active labour market programmes (ALMPs) have on unemployment in a union wage-setting framework … case where ALMPs increase match efficiency of the marginalized workers, and show that ALMPs may increase unemployment. …
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Why do tougher caseworkers increase employment? The role of programme assignment as a causal mechanism
Huber, Martin; Mellace, Giovanni; Lechner, Michael - School of Economics and Political Science, Universität … - 2014
Previous research found that less accommodating caseworkers are more successful in placing unemployed workers into employment. This paper tries to shed more light on the causal mechanisms behind this result using semiparametric mediation analysis. Analysing very informative linked...
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The Locking-in Effect of Subsidized Jobs
Ours, Jan C van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
job. This Paper uses an administrative data set from the Slovak Republic on durations of individual unemployment spells …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005661621
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Die reformierte Gründungsförderung für Arbeitslose: Chancen und Risiken
Caliendo, Marco; Kritikos, Alexander S. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
Support schemes for unemployed aiming for self-employment have been recently reformed several times. In 2003, the "start-up subsidy" was added to the existing "bridging allowance". In 2006 both instruments were merged to the "Gründungszuschuss". Since the bridging allowance has been evaluated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703455
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Active Labour Market Policies in Poland
Wisniewski, Zenon; Maksim, Monika - In: CESifo Forum 14 (2013) 1, pp. 22-28
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Reformkonzepte zur Erhöhung der Beschäftigung im Niedriglohnbereich: Ein Überblick
Sinn, Hans-Werner; Meister, Wolfgang; Ochel, Wolfgang; … - In: Ifo Schnelldienst 60 (2007) 04, pp. 03-20
Nachdem das ifo Institut im Mai des Jahres 2002 seine Studie zur Aktivierenden Sozialhilfe vorgestellt hatte, wurde in Deutschland eine Diskussion zu den Möglichkeiten einer aktivierenden Sozialpolitik zum Zwecke der Entwicklung des Niedriglohnsektors geführt. Am Beginn der Diskussion standen...
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The selected issues of labour market policy in Germany – implementation possibilities in Poland
Rollnik-Sadowska, Ewa - In: Ekonomia i Prawo 13 (2014) 1, pp. 59-70
The author in the article presents the conditionings and the main changes introduced through labour market reforms implemented in Germany since the activity of the Hartz Commission. There were presented the components of all four Hartz Reforms and the directions of its continuation after 2005....
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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 - Nationalekonomiska Institutionen, Uppsala Universitet - 2007
shipyard workers and miners. They have higher employment, not higher unemployment, and higher earnings than the comparison …
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A Framework for Analysing the Political Support for Active Labour Market Policy
Saint-Paul, Gilles - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995
We develop a general equilibrium analysis of the impact of active labour market policy on unemployment, wages and the … employed have little exposure to unemployment and if the demand for unskilled labour is inelastic, there may be political … support for policies which actually raise the equilibrium level of total unemployment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662144
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Estimating treatment effects of a training programme in Slovakia using propensity score matching
Stefanik, Miroslav - In: Articles 1 (2014) 1, pp. 1-15
Submitted article brings evidence from administrative data on registered unemployed in Slovakia. This data is explored to evaluate a training programme which is a part of the portfolio of active labour market measures provided by Slovak governmental bodies. To evaluate the programme, we look at...
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