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Have Labour Market Reforms at the Turn of the Millennium Changed Job Durations of the New Entrants? A Comparative Study for Germany and Italy
Giannelli, Gianna Claudia - 2009
According to the aims of the labour market reforms of the 90s implemented in many European countries, workers may stay at their first job for a shorter time, but should be able to switch jobs easily. This would generate a trade-off between job opportunities and job stability. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013153315
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(Spillover) effects of labour market reforms in Germany and France
Fries, Claudia; Seymen, Atılım - 2013
countries - Germany and France - on the domestic and foreign economy. We test the implications of the gains in matching …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010432449
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Active Labor Market Policies in Germany and Switzerland : One Vision - Two Realities
Lechner, Michael - 2002
The paper develops a scenario of an interaction between actual governmental active labor market programmes and econometric policy evaluations. It argues that this scenario could and indeed should be implemented. The paper shows also that realities in Switzerland and Germany are very different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014124583
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A cross-country comparison of labor market frictions
Ridder, Geert; Berg, Gerard J. van den - 2002
In this paper we define and estimate measures of labor market frictions using data on job durations. We compare different estimation methods and different types of data. We propose and apply an unconditional inference method that can be applied to aggregate duration data. It does not require...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011574924
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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 …. Our empirical analysis is based upon non-experimental data collected by the French Ministry of Labour. Matching estimates …. -- Evaluation ; retraining program ; displaced workers ; matching estimates …
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 …. Our empirical analysis is based upon non-experimental data collected by the French Ministry of Labour. Matching estimates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158616
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A pairwise comparison of the effectiveness of selected active labour market programmes in Germany
Stephan, Gesine; Pahnke, André - 2008
Wir untersuchen die Wirkung im März 2003 begonnener Weiterbildungs-, Trainings- und Arbeitsbeschaffungsmaßnahmen auf die Arbeitsmarktchancen der Geförderten. Hierzu werden die jeweiligen Teilnehmer sowohl mit einer ähnlichen Gruppe nicht geförderter Personen als auch mit ähnlichen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003874066
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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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Why does unemployment hurt the employed? : Evidence from the life satisfaction gap between the public and private sectors
Lüchinger, Simon (contributor); Meier, Stephan (contributor) - 2008
individual panel data for Germany and repeated cross-sectional data for the United States and the European Union show that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003713639
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Why does unemployment hurt the employed? : evidence from the life satisfaction gap between the public and the private sector
Lüchinger, Simon (contributor); Meier, Stephan (contributor) - 2008
individual panel data for Germany and repeated cross-sectional data for the United States and the European Union show that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003667024