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This paper evaluates the impact on employment probabilities of two training programs funded by the European Social Fund … recipients are indeed recent migrants, refugees, and women. By using different matching algorithms, this group was made as … two years before entering the programme. We find that the short-term impact of the training programs is negative …
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This paper evaluates the impact on employment probabilities of two training programs funded by the European Social Fund … recipients are indeed recent migrants, refugees, and women. By using different matching algorithms, this group was made as … two years before entering the programme. We find that the short-term impact of the training programs is negative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083871
two main sources: the program administration and compulsory communications on employment and unemployment spells. We found … a net impact of 5% on average for on-the-job training, but no impact for off-the-job training. On-the-job training also … theoretical, but very little work-related competences. Off-the-job training does affect the probability to experience at least one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011971553
two main sources: the program administration and compulsory communications on employment and unemployment spells. We found … a net impact of 5% on average for on-the-job training, but no impact for off-the-job training. On-the-job training also … theoretical, but very little work-related competences. Off-the-job training does affect the probability to experience at least one …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012161470
Programs to encourage labor market activity among youth, including public employment programs and wage subsidies like the Work Opportunity Tax Credit, can be supported by three broad rationales. They may: (1) provide contemporaneous income support to participants; (2) encourage work experience...
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, but at the same time, firms are expected to develop training programmes to improve the professional skills of youth. This …
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In what sense are institutions a deep determinant of growth? In this paper, we address this question by examining the relationship between city growth and institutional reform in 19th century Germany, when some cities experienced deep institutional reform as a result of French rule. Employing an...
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Job training programs can be an eective policy for improving productivity and labor market outcomes in low and middle … income countries. We report medium and long-term impacts of a job training program for vulnerable workers in Chile on labor … by course-type, training provider quality, and gender. This evidence aims at contributing to a better design of training …
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Active labor market policies are massively used with the objective being to improve labor market outcomes of individuals out of work. Many observational evaluation studies have been published. In this review, we critically assess policy effectiveness. We emphasize insights from recent randomized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011580552
Active labor market policies are massively used with the objective being to improve labor market outcomes of individuals out of work. Many observational evaluation studies have been published. In this review, we critically assess policy effectiveness. We emphasize insights from recent randomized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011598126