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Active labor market policies
Crépon, Bruno; Berg, Gerard J. van den - 2016
individuals out of work. Many observational evaluation studies have been published. In this review, we critically assess policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011580552
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Active labor market policies
Crépon, Bruno; Berg, Gerard J. van den - 2016
individuals out of work. Many observational evaluation studies have been published. In this review, we critically assess policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011598126
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The IZA Evaluation Dataset:Towards Evidence-Based Labor Policy-Making
Caliendo, Marco; Falk, Armin; Kaiser, Lutz C.; … - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2010
The evaluation of labor market policies has become an important issue in many Europeancountries. In recent years, a …. Therefore, information that might be relevantfor economic modeling is often absent. The IZA Evaluation Dataset aims to overcome … sampling andcontents of the IZA Evaluation Dataset and outlines the future development.... …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009360557
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From giving birth to paid labor : the effects of adult education for prime-aged mothers
Bergemann, Annette; Berg, Gerard J. van den - 2014
education shows positive effects for the unemployed with respect to both the employment probability and wages. To explain the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010251042
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Essays on unemployment, job search behavior and policy interventions
Pohlan, Laura - 2018
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The effect of vocational employment training on the individual transition rate from unemployment to work
Richardson, Katarina; Berg, Gerard J. van den - In: Swedish economic policy review 8 (2001) 2, pp. 175-213
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001700080
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The effect of vocational employment training on the individual transition rate from unemployment to work
Richardson, Katarina; Berg, Gerard J. van den - 2002
Amongst the active labor market policy programs for the unemployed in Sweden, the vocational employment training program is the most ambitious and expensive. We analyze its effect on the individual transition rate from unemployment to employment using a unique set of administrative data and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011572134
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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...
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Multiple Equilibria and Minimum Wages in Labor Markets with Informational Frictions and Heterogeneous Production Technologies
Berg, Gerard J. van den - Tinbergen Instituut - 1999
of a minimum wage affects wages even though, after imposition, the lowest wage in the market exceeds the minimum wage …, and subsequent abolition of the minimum wage does not affect wages. The model has multiple equilibria as a result of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011256618
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A structural analysis of job search methods and subsequent wages
Koning, Pierre; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Ridder, Geert - Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en … - 1997
In most studies on individual labor market transitions, the search process leading to job offers is a black box. In this paper we specify and estimate a search model that distinguishes between formal (applications) and informal (referrals) search methods. Job offers can be obtained by either...
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