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Active labor market policies
Crépon, Bruno; Berg, Gerard J. van den - 2016
Active labor market policies are massively used with the objective being to improve labor market outcomes of individuals out of work. Many observational evaluation studies have been published. In this review, we critically assess policy effectiveness. We emphasize insights from recent randomized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011580552
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Active labor market policies
Crépon, Bruno; Berg, Gerard J. van den - 2016
Active labor market policies are massively used with the objective being to improve labor market outcomes of individuals out of work. Many observational evaluation studies have been published. In this review, we critically assess policy effectiveness. We emphasize insights from recent randomized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011598126
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The German labor market in the Great Recession : shocks and institutions
Gehrke, Britta; Lechthaler, Wolfgang; Merkl, Christian - 2017
This paper analyzes Germany's unusual labor market experience during the Great Recession. We estimate a general equilibrium model with a detailed labor market block for postunification Germany. This allows us to disentangle the role of institutions (short-time work, government spending rules)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011638405
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Reducing the child penalty by incentivizing maternal part-time work?
Baertsch, Laurenz; Sandner, Malte - 2024
Worldwide governments discuss how to increase maternal labor market participation and to reduce the child penalty, i.e. labor market earnings losses after child birth. This study analyses the long run effects of a German paid parental leave reform, which aims to increase maternal labour market...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014580734
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Training for jobs of the future : improving access, certifying skills, and expanding apprenticeship
Lerman, Robert Irving; Loprest, Pamela J.; Kuehn, Daniel - 2020
major policy initiatives for upgrading and expanding worker training to bolster productivity and wages: 1) Improve access to … in-demand training through better information, technology, and targeted funding; 2) Strengthen connections between career … and technical education and training and employer needs through competency-based training, career pathways, and improved …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012304640
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Do childcare policies increase maternal employment? : subsidized childcare fosters maternal employment, but employment status, childcare quality, and availability matter
Vuri, Daniela - 2016
Women's labor force participation has rapidly increased in most countries, but mothers still struggle to achieve a satisfactory work-life balance. Childcare allows the primary caregiver, usually the mother, to take time away from childrearing for employment. Family policies that subsidize...
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Assessing the impact of training on employment : the case of East Germany
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Prey, Hedwig - 1995
This paper is concerned with the effects of training on the future employment probability of trainees. During the … workers in East Germany participated in training programs which were heavily subsidized by the labor administration. However … with regard to the impact of participation in training on the future employment probability of the trainees. Our analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009542180
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Time distributed difference-in-differences estimates of return to training
Aistov, Andrej - In: Cogent economics & finance 5 (2017) 1, pp. 1-12
This work is devoted to estimating the individual return to worker’s professional training. The research is based on … setting concerned with training as an open labour market. (II) We show that mobility-friendly training programs give high … and control groups in difference-in-differences estimates. (V) We compared three different kinds of training and our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011877551
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The effects of training incidence and planned training duration on labor market transitions
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Osikominu, Aderonke; Paul, Marie - In: Journal of econometrics 235 (2023) 1, pp. 256-279
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014434394
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Employment effects of vocational training : an evaluation using propensity score matching
Donato, Luisa; Migliore, Maria Christina; Poy, Samuele - In: Politica economica, journal of economic policy 34 (2018) 3, pp. 273-296
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013253517