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Policies to create and destroy human capital in Europe
Heckman, James Joseph; Jacobs, Bas - 2009
Trends in skill bias and greater turbulence in modern labor markets put wages and employment prospects of unskilled …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274258
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Policies to create and destroy human capital in Europe
Heckman, James J.; Jacobs, Bas - 2009
Trends in skill bias and greater turbulence in modern labor markets put wages and employment prospects of unskilled …"Trends in skill bias and greater turbulence in modern labor markets put wages and employment prospects of unskilled … capital ; labor supply ; retirement ; training ; dynamic complementarity ; inequality ; returns to education ; (non …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003932493
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Spurring growth in lagging regions in Slovak Republic
Demmou, Lilas; Haluš, Martin; Machlica, Gabriel; … - 2015
Regional inequality in Slovakia is among the highest in the OECD and is increasing. The main reason for regional disparity is the combination of low economic growth and job creation in the eastern and central part of the country and insufficient labour mobility to the west, in particular by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399343
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Dilemmas of sheltered employment in Poland and Greece and the concept of supported employment
Kobus-Ostrowska, Dorota; Papakonstantinou, Doxa - In: Comparative economic research : Central and Eastern Europe 24 (2021) 3, pp. 127-137
. Sheltered employment is an internationally accepted approach for the vocational integration of people with severe disabilities … Government or self-government. Therefore, sheltered employment can be defined as the employment of a person with a disability … under particular conditions. This paper presents the legislative framework regarding sheltered employment in Poland and …
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Labor market reforms : an evaluation of the Hartz policies in Germany
Bradley, Jake; Kügler, Alice - In: European economic review : EER 113 (2019), pp. 108-135
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012237834
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The impact of the UK new deal for lone parents on benefit receipt
Dolton, Peter; Smith, Jeffrey A. - 2011
This paper evaluates the UK New Deal for Lone Parents (NDLP) program, which aims to return lone parents to work. Using rich administrative data on benefit receipt histories and a selection on observed variables identification strategy, we find that the program modestly reduces benefit receipt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278571
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The impact of the UK new deal for lone parents on benefit receipt
Dolton, Peter J.; Smith, Jeffrey A. - 2011
This paper evaluates the UK New Deal for Lone Parents (NDLP) program, which aims to return lone parents to work. Using rich administrative data on benefit receipt histories and a "selection on observed variables" identification strategy, we find that the program modestly reduces benefit receipt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009230295
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Policies to help the working class in the aftermath of COVID-19: lessons from the Great Recession
Burkhauser, Richard V.; Corinth, Kevin; Holtz-Eakin, Douglas - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated government mandated shutdowns caused a historic shock to the U.S. economy and a disproportionate job loss concentrated among the working class. While an unprecedented social safety net policy response successfully offset earnings loses among lower-wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012485440
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Beyond full employment : the employer of last resort as an institution for change
Tcherneva, Pavlina R. - 2012
. Argentina's experience shows that direct job creation programs that offer employment at a base wage can have the unique capacity …Over the past decade and a half the ability of the employer-of-last-resort (ELR) proposal to deliver full employment … paper argues that the two objectives are not mutually exclusive by revisiting Argentina's experience with Plan Jefes and its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009622542
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Beyond Full Employment : The Employer of Last Resort as an Institution for Change
Tcherneva, Pavlina R. - 2012
. Argentina's experience shows that direct job creation programs that offer employment at a base wage can have the unique capacity …Over the past decade and a half the ability of the employer-of-last-resort (ELR) proposal to deliver full employment ….This paper argues that the two objectives are not mutually exclusive by revisiting Argentina's experience with Plan Jefes and its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013100200