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Can active labor market policy be counter-productive?
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2014
We study active labor market policies (ALMP) in a matching model. ALMPs are modelled as a subsidy to job search …
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Did the Hartz Reforms Speed-Up Job Creation? A Macro-Evaluation Using Empirical Matching Functions
Fahr, Rene - 2006
, in speeding up the matching process between unemployed and vacant jobs. The analysis is conceptually rooted in the flow …-based view underlying the reforms, estimating the structural features of the matching process. The results indicate that the … reforms indeed had an impact in making the labor market more dynamic and accelerating the matching process …
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Designing unemployment benefits in developing countries : for unemployment benefit programs, the key policy issues are the level of benefits and subsidies and the types of taxes us...
Robalino Aguirre, David A. - 2014
In reforming unemployment benefit systems, the policy debate should be on the appropriate level of benefits, the subsidies needed for people who cannot contribute enough, and how to finance the subsidies, rather than on whether unemployment insurance or individual unemployment savings accounts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414100
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The Effect of Sanctions on the Job Finding Rate : Evidence from Denmark
Svarer, Michael - 2008
This paper investigates the effect of sanctions of unemployment insurance benefits on the exit rate from unemployment for a sample of Danish unemployed. According to the findings are that even moderate sanctions have rather large effects. For both males and females the exit rate increases by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012773396
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Do reemployment programs for the unemployed work for youth? : evidence from the Great Recession in the United States
Michaelides, Marios; Mueser, Peter R.; Smith, Jeffrey A. - 2020
We present experimental evidence on the effects of four U.S. reemployment programs for youth Unemployment Insurance (UI) recipients during the Great Recession. The three programs that emphasized monitoring and service referrals reduced UI receipt but had minimal effects on employment and...
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Job Search, Unemployment Insurance, and Active Labor Market Policies
Le Barbanchon, Thomas; Schmieder, Johannes; Weber, Andrea - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
This chapter, prepared for the Handbook of Labor Economics, presents a comprehensive overview of how labor economists understand job search among the unemployed and how job search is shaped by unemployment insurance (UI) and active labor market policies (ALMP). It focuses on synthesizing key...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014635683
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Using State Administrative Data to Measure Program Performance
Mueser, Peter; Troske, Kenneth R.; Gorislavsky, Alexey - 2003
matching and a variety of methods using propensity score matching. In each case, we consider estimates based on levels of post … propensity score matching is generally most effective, but the detailed implementation of the method is not of critical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262752
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Where Have All the Jobs Gone? Gross Job Flows in Estonia
Masso, Jaan; Eamets, Raul; Philips, Kaia - 2004
This paper documents and analyses gross job flows and their determinants in Estonia over the years 1995-2001, using a unique database from the Estonian Business Registry. This database contains all (including also micro and small firms) officially registered firms in Estonia, the total number...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014028745
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Using State Administrative Data to Measure Program Performance
Mueser, Peter R.; Troske, Kenneth R.; Gorislavsky, Alexey - 2021
matching and a variety of methods using propensity score matching. In each case, we consider estimates based on levels of post … propensity score matching is generally most effective, but the detailed implementation of the method is not of critical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319924
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Institutional Structure and Labor Market Outcomes : Western Lessons for European Countries in Transition
Flanagan, Robert J. - 2006
Changes in economic systems provide a rare opportunity to redesign basic institutional structures in labor markets. This paper attempts to provide guidance for such institutional choice by drawing on the findings of recent labor market research in market economies on the links between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012781894