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We evaluate a non-targeted summer youth employment program (SYEP) for high school students aged 16-19 in Stockholm …, Sweden, where public sector job offers were as good as randomly assigned. In contrast to previous studies evaluating SYEP …. Interestingly, the extensive margin (having a job) is not the critical factor. Instead, a SYEP job offer affects the probability of …
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We evaluate a non-targeted summer youth employment program (SYEP) for high school students aged 16-19 in Stockholm …, Sweden, where public sector job offers were as good as randomly assigned. In contrast to previous studies evaluating SYEP …. Interestingly, the extensive margin (having a job) is not the critical factor. Instead, a SYEP job offer affects the probability of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014501062
Youth Employment Program (SYEP), the largest summer youth employment program in the U.S., by merging SYEP administrative … incarceration data. In assessing the three rationales, we find that: (1) SYEP participation causes average earnings and the … and employment; (2) SYEP participation causes a moderate decrease in average earnings for three years following the …
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The authors employ spatial econometrics techniques and Annual Averages data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 1990-2004 to examine how changes in the minimum wage affect teen employment. Spatial econometrics techniques account for the fact that employment is correlated across states....
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The authors employ spatial econometrics techniques and Annual Averages data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 1990-2004 to examine how changes in the minimum wage affect teen employment. Spatial econometrics techniques account for the fact that employment is correlated across states....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120833
We exploit an age-specific minimum wage rule-which sets a lower minimum wage for workers of age 15 than the adult minimum wage paid to workers of age 16 and above-and its abolition to estimate the causal effect of a minimum wage increase on youth employment and education in Turkey. Using a...
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We exploit an age-specific minimum wage rule – which sets a lower minimum wage for workers of age 15 than that for workers of age 16 and above in Turkey – and its abolition to estimate the causal effect of a minimum wage increase on youth employment and education. Using a regression...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013314724
We exploit an age-specific minimum wage rule - which sets a lower minimum wage for workers of age 15 than that for workers of age 16 and above in Turkey - and its abolition to estimate the causal effect of a minimum wage increase on youth employment and education. Using a regression...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389875
Unemployment rates, especially among youth, have increased in various countries of Europe over the last years. As labor force participation rate is one key influence on unemployment, I estimate country specific coefficients for the responsiveness of the labor force participation rates to the...
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This article addresses the issue of socio-demographic factors of becoming NEET, i.e. dropping out of employment, education or training for individuals aged 15-24. Empirical analysis was based on the micro-data of Russian Labour Force Survey (LFS) by Federal State Statistics Service for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012944803