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Unemployment Accounts and Employment Incentives
Brown, Alessio J.G; Orszag, J. Michael; Snower, Dennis J. - 2008
We explore the far-reaching implications of replacing current unemployment benefit (UB) systems by an unemployment accounts (UA) system. Under the UA system, employed people are required to make ongoing contributions to their UAs and the balances in these accounts are available to them during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014058461
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Comparing the effectiveness of employment subsidies
Brown, Alessio J. G.; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - 2010 - October 2010 (this final and revised version)
This paper provides a theoretical and quantitative analysis of various types of wellknown employment subsidies. Two important questions are addressed: (i) How should employment subsidies be targeted? (ii) How large should the subsidies be? We consider measures involving targeting workers with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011451838
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Comparing the Effectiveness of Employment Subsidies
Brown, Alessio J.G; Merkl, Christian; Snower, Dennis J. - 2021
This paper analyses theoretically and empirically how employment subsidies should be targeted. We contrast measures involving targeting workers with low incomes/abilities and targeting the unemployed under the criteria of "approximate welfare efficiency" (AWE). Thereby we can identify policies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316994
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Estimating the effect of a retraining program on the re-employment rate of displaced workers
Cavaco, Sandra; Fougère, Denis; Pouget, Julien - 2009
In this paper we estimate by matching techniques the effects of a French retraining program on the reemployment rate of displaced workers. This program, called "Conventions de conversion", was intended to improve reemployment prospects of displaced workers by proposing them retraining and job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003860913
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Estimating the Effect of a Retraining Program on the Re-Employment Rate of Displaced Workers
Cavaco, Sandra - 2009
In this paper we estimate by matching techniques the effects of a French retraining program on the reemployment rate of displaced workers. This program, called "Conventions de conversion", was intended to improve reemployment prospects of displaced workers by proposing them retraining and job...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158616
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Treatment evaluation in the case of interactions within markets
Ferracci, Marc; Jolivet, Grégory; Berg, Gerard J. van den - 2010
We extend the standard evaluation framework to allow for interactions between individuals within segmented markets. An individual's outcome depends not only on the assigned treatment status but also on (features of) the distribution of the assigned treatments in his market. To evaluate how the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003934299
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Treatment evaluation in the case of interactions within markets
Ferracci, Marc; Jolivet, Grégory; Berg, Gerard J. van den - 2010
We extend the standard evaluation framework to allow for interactions between individuals within segmented markets. An individual's outcome depends not only on the assigned treatment status but also on (features of) the distribution of treatments in his market. To evaluate how the distribution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003926546
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Alternative Systeme der Arbeitslosenversicherung : das Beispiel der Vereinigten Staaten und des Vereinigten Königreichs
Glismann, Hans H.; Schrader, Klaus - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001570242
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Alternative Systeme der Arbeitslosenversicherung : das Beispiel der Vereinigten Staaten und des Vereinigten Königreichs
Glismann, Hans H.; Schrader, Klaus - 2001
keine Arbeitslosenversicherung im herkömmlichen Sinne: Die Einkommenssicherung bei Arbeitslosigkeit erfolgt durch die …Im Rahmen eines Vergleichs der amerikanischen und britischen Systeme der Arbeitslosenversicherung wird gezeigt, daß das … Arbeitslosenversicherung und der Höhe der Freisetzung von Arbeitskräften aufweist ("experience rating"). Im Vereinigten Königreich gibt es …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011495405
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Private and public provision of counseling to job-seekers : evidence from a large controlled experiment
Behaghel, Luc; Crépon, Bruno; Gurgand, Marc - 2012
Contracting out public services to private firms has ambiguous effects when quality is imperfectly observable. Using a randomized experiment over a national sample in France, we compare the efficiency of the public employment service (PES) vs. private providers in delivering very similar...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009537276