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How can temporary work agencies provide more training? : staffing agencies could play a more prominent role in the provision of training for the low qualified and previously unempl...
Spermann, Alexander - 2016
to more sustainable employment. Adjustments in labor market institutions could make the provision of training more …
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Happiness as a guide to labor market policy : happiness is key to a productive economy, and a job is key to individual happiness
Ritzen, Jozef M. M. - 2015
Measures of individual happiness, or well-being, can guide labor market policies. Individual unemployment, as well as … the rate of unemployment in society, have a negative effect on happiness. In contrast, employment protection and … unemployment benefits can contribute to happiness - though when such policies prolong unemployment, the net effect on national …
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Arbeitsmarktökonomik
Franz, Wolfgang - 2003 - 5., vollst. überarb. Aufl.
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Do works councils raise or lower firm productivity? : works councils can have a positive impact on firm productivity, but only when specific conditions are in place
Hübler, Olaf - 2015
The German model of co-determination (Mitbestimmung) with works councils, in which workers are involved in the management of a company, was a role model for other countries for many years. However, since the 1990s the appeal of works councils has been declining, to the extent that now even...
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Unemployment and happiness : successful policies for helping the unemployed need to confront the adverse effects of unemployment on feelings of life satisfaction
Winkelmann, Rainer - 2014
Many studies document a large negative effect of unemployment on happiness. Recent research has looked into factors …, for helping the unemployed back into work, and for more evenly distributing the burden of unemployment resulting from …
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Temporary agency work : temporary agency work is not generally a stepping-stone to regular employment
Houseman, Susan N. - 2014
Temporary agency work has expanded in most advanced economies since the 1990s, but its growth has been controversial. Some argue that these jobs offer experience and contact with potential employers, serving as a path to regular employment, particularly for low-skilled workers. Others view them...
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The labor market in Germany, 2000–2016 : the transformation of a notoriously rigid labor market into a role model of its own style is essentially complete
Rinne, Ulf; Schneider, Hilmar - 2017
in its labor market. Institutions that typically characterize rigid labor markets are effectively balanced by flexibility … instruments. Important developments since 2000 include steadily decreasing unemployment rates (since 2005), increasing …
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The labor market in Germany, 2000–2018 : the transformation of a notoriously rigid labor market into a role model of its own style is essentially complete
Schneider, Hilmar; Rinne, Ulf - 2019
in its labor market. Institutions that typically characterize rigid labor markets are effectively balanced by flexibility … instruments. Important developments since 2000 include steadily decreasing unemployment rates (since 2005), increasing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012139504
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The labor market in Austria, 2000-2016 : fifteen years ago Austria was the "better Germany," but it has failed to keep up over time
Böheim, René - 2017
over wage negotiations and working conditions. Currently, Austria’s GDP per capita is high, but unemployment, although …
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