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The Long-Run Impact of New Zealand's Structural Reform on Local Communities
Stillman, Steven - 2014
data from the 1986, 1991, 1996 and 2001 Censuses to examine the long-run impact that these reforms had on local communities … structural reform on local communities - an employment-based measure, a population measure and a housing price measure - and … examine the persistence of these shocks over time. We find that communities which experienced smaller employment shocks have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012751431
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Discretionary Measures of Active Labor Market Policy: The German Employment Promotion Reform in Perspective
Fertig, Michael; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2000
This paper provides a preliminary assessment of recent reforms of German employment promotion policy. While several recent studies analyze the impact of measures of employment promotion for the case of Germany, no comparable study exists on the aggregate level, thus precluding any assessment of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262390
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Active Labor Market Policy in Germany - Is There a Successful Policy Strategy?
Fertig, Michael; Schmidt, Christoph M.; Schneider, Hilmar - 2002
Each year Germany and many other developed economies spend tens of billions of Euros on active measures of employment promotion with the explicit aim of contributing to the reduction of unemployment. Yet, high unemployment has universally been a persistent problem throughout the last two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262675
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Discretionary measures of active labor market policy : the German employment promotion reform in perspective
Fertig, Michael; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2000
This paper provides a preliminary assessment of recent reforms of German employment promotion policy. While several recent studies analyze the impact of measures of employment promotion for the case of Germany, no comparable study exists on the aggregate level, thus precluding any assessment of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011336861
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Predictors of employment growth and unemployment in US central cities : 1990 - 2010
Wolf-Powers, Laura - 2013
This paper considers employment growth and unemployment from 1990-2010 in a cross-section of cities in light of practical tools that city governments have at their disposal to provide relief. In particular, I test educational attainment (both initial levels and growth over time) and public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009761392
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Fighting persistent regional unemployment : the Paltamo Full Employment experiment
Hämäläinen, Kari; Hamalainen, Ulla - 2012
This study evaluates a regional full employment initiative using the synthetic control method introduced by Abadie and Gardeazabal (2003). The aim of the Paltamo Full Employment (PFE) experiment launched in 2009 is to reverse the trend of high and persistent unemployment in contracting regions....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011508708
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The institutional pre-conditions for regional labour market policy making in the EU : case studies and policy conclusions
Huber, Peter - 2014
Based on questionnaires conducted among PES organizations as well as Pacts and LEIs (Pacts/LEIs) in 40 cities of 12 EU member states and 2 non-EU member states - we take stock of the preconditions for conducting local labour market policies in an urban context in Europe and analyse the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010424192
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Active labor market policy in Germany : is there a successful policy strategy?
Fertig, Michael; Schmidt, Christoph M.; Schneider, Hilmar - 2002
Each year Germany and many other developed economies spend tens of billions of Euros on active measures of employment promotion with the explicit aim of contributing to the reduction of unemployment. Yet, high unemployment has universally been a persistent problem throughout the last two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011413370
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The Quasi-Market of Employment Services in Italy
Pastore, Francesco - 2019
This paper aims to study the shortcomings and merits of the first experiment of quasi-market in the provision of employment services: the Lombardy DUL (Dote Unica Lavoro). This system, which has inspired the 2015 national reform within the Jobs Act, has reactivated and revitalized the sector by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861290
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Active Labor Market Policy in Germany : Is There a Successful Policy Strategy?
Fertig, Michael; Schmidt, Christoph M.; Schneider, Hilmar - 2021
Each year Germany and many other developed economies spend tens of billions of Euros on active measures of employment promotion with the explicit aim of contributing to the reduction of unemployment. Yet, high unemployment has universally been a persistent problem throughout the last two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013320420