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Effectiveness of a job vacancy referral scheme
Bollens, Joost; Cockx, Bart - In: IZA journal of labor policy 6 (2017) 15, pp. 1-24
The public employment service (PES) makes use in many countries of vacancy referrals as to facilitate the matching between unemployed workers and vacancies. Based on a “timing-of-events” approach to control for selective participation, this study evaluates whether this policy instrument...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011820623
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Contracting out mandatory counselling and training for long-term unemployed : private for-profit or non-profit, or keep it public?
Cockx, Bart; Baert, Stijn - 2015
intervention was highly effective in reducing unemployment duration, but also spurred employment instability and withdrawals from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376305
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How effective are hiring subsidies to reduce long-term unemployment among prime-aged jobseekers? : evidence from Belgium
Desiere, Sam; Cockx, Bart - 2021
Hiring subsidies are widely used to create (stable) employment for the long-term unemployed. This paper exploits the abolition of a hiring subsidy targeted at long-term unemployed jobseekers over 45 years of age in Belgium to evaluate its effectiveness in the short and medium run. Based on a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012648522
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How effective are hiring subsidies to reduce long-term unemployment among prime-aged jobseekers? : evidence from Belgium
Desiere, Sam; Cockx, Bart - 2021
Hiring subsidies are widely used to create (stable) employment for the long-term unemployed. This paper exploits the abolition of a hiring subsidy targeted at long-term unemployed jobseekers over 45 years of age in Belgium to evaluate its effectiveness in the short and medium run. Based on a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012625877
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How effective are hiring subsidies in reducing long-term unemployment among prime-aged jobseekers? : evidence from Belgium
Desiere, Sam; Cockx, Bart - In: IZA journal of labor policy 12 (2022) 1, pp. 1-38
Hiring subsidies are widely used to create (stable) employment for the long-term unemployed. This paper exploits the abolition of a hiring subsidy targeted at long-term unemployed jobseekers older than 45 years of age in Belgium to evaluate its effectiveness in the short and medium run. Based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013198921
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Monitoring job search effort with hyperbolic time preferences and non-compliance : a welfare analysis
Cockx, Bart; Ghirelli, Corinna; Van der Linden, Bruno - 2013
Unemployment Insurance (UI) scheme in which job search requirements are imposed on UI recipients with hyperbolic preferences. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009727068
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Monitoring job search effort with hyperbolic time preferences and non-compliance : a welfare analysis
Cockx, Bart; Ghirelli, Corinna; Van der Linden, Bruno - 2013
Unemployment Insurance (UI) scheme in which job search requirements are imposed on UI recipients with hyperbolic preferences. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009721393
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Losing Prospective Entitlement to Unemployment Benefits. Impact on Educational Attainment
Cockx, Bart; Declercq, Koen; Dejemeppe, Muriel - 2022
makes the consequences of unemployment less severe. We evaluate a two-part policy reform in Belgium to study whether … conditioning the prospective entitlement to unemployment benefits for education-leavers on age or schooling attainment can affect … educational achievements. The results show that the prospect of financial loss in case of unemployment can significantly raise …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014080047
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Losing Prospective Entitlement to Unemployment Benefits. Impact on Educational Attainment
Cockx, Bart; Declercq, Koen; Dejemeppe, Muriel - 2022
makes the consequences of unemployment less severe. We evaluate a two-part policy reform in Belgium to study whether … conditioning the prospective entitlement to unemployment benefits for education-leavers on age or schooling attainment can affect … educational achievements. The results show that the prospect of financial loss in case of unemployment can significantly raise …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014080120
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Monitoring Job Search Effort with Hyperbolic Time Preferences and Non-Compliance : A Welfare Analysis
Cockx, Bart - 2013
Unemployment Insurance (UI) scheme in which job search requirements are imposed on UI recipients with hyperbolic preferences. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013085044