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Effectiveness of major activation programs for welfare recipients: Evidence from Germany
Kopf, Eva - 2011
increase their employability. One important activation program is the comparably short and inexpensive short-term training …. This dissertation consists of four articles and investigates the individual employment effects of short-term training for … addition, it shows which firms apply short-term training or one-euro-jobs in order to give further explanations for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009451172
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Theory of job search. Unemployment-participation tradeoff and spatial search with asymmetric changes of the wage distribution
Aldashev, Alisher - 2007
The dissertation consists of two main parts. The first part presents a search model with non-stationary reservation wages. In the model the reservation wage declines over time and at a certain point is equal to utility of non-participation, after which it is not optimal to search and workers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009450193
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Arbeitsmarktpolitik in Deutschland : seit Jahrzehnten in der Sackgasse
Berthold, Norbert; Berchem, Sascha von - 2005
Zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts scheint auch in Deutschland politische Bewegung in die Arbeitsmarktpolitik gekommen zu … Arbeitsmarktpolitik endlich zu Ende gehen würde. Prinzipien wie „Fördern und Fordern“ wurden erstmals von beiden großen Volksparteien … der deutschen Arbeitsmarktpolitik hin zu mehr Effizienz und weniger Arbeitslosigkeit zu vermitteln.Doch hat eine …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009467624
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Aktivieren und Strafen : Integrative und ausschließende Strategiengegenwärtiger Arbeitsmarkt- und Kriminalpolitik
Rinn, Moritz - 2009
gleichzeitig auf Verunsicherung, Spaltung, Kontrolle und Bestrafung setzt - gegenwärtige Politiken des Sozialen in Deutschland …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009461019
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Does Red Tape Hold Back Entrepreneurs? Evidence from Portugal
Venancio, Ana - 2010
In 2005, Portugal introduced a business registration reform - the On the Spot Firm program - with the goal of promoting the establishment of new start-ups and, ultimately, stimulating investment and economic growth. However, the question remains as to whether this policy has successfully...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441100
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MARKETED OUTPUTS AND NON-MARKETED ECOSYSTEMS SERVICES
Sauer, Johannes; Wossink, Ada - 2010
We provide a new approach for assessing the cost of marginal ecosystem changes and theeffectiveness of green payment schemes. The approach is based on a theoretical and empirical analysis of the bio-economic production interactions between marketed outputs and non-marketed ecosystemservices at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009442680
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Dams
Duflo, Esther; Pande, Rohini - 2005
The construction of large dams is one of the most costly and controversial forms of public infrastructure investment in developing countries, but little is known about their impact. This paper studies the productivity and distributional effects of large dams in India. To account for endogenous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009444206
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Marketed Outputs and Non-Marketed Outputs: The Marginal Costs of Producing Ecosystem Services
Wossink, Ada; Sauer, Johannes - 2010
We provide a new approach for assessing the cost of marginal ecosystem changes and the effectiveness of green payment schemes. The approach is based on a theoretical and empirical analysis of the bio-economic production interactions between marketed outputs and non-marketed ecosystem services at...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009446064
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Participación e Impacto del Programa de Recuperación de Suelos Degradados en Usuarios de INDAP
Caro, J.C.; Melo, Oscar; Foster, William E. - 2006
Published by Asociación de Economistas Agrarios de Chile
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Back to the Future? Planning for environmental outcomes and the new Caring for our Country program
Morrison, T. H.; McAlpine, C.; Rhodes, J. R.; Peterson, A. - 2010
The Australian government Caring for our Country (CfoC) program, first announced in 2008, has sought to build on and enhance previous experience with Australian natural resource management policy. This paper critically examines the initial design, planned delivery, and first round of competitive...
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