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Language training for unemployed non-natives: who benefits the most?
Kivi, Laura Helena; Sõmer, Marko; Kallaste, Epp - In: Baltic journal of economics 20 (2020) 1, pp. 34-58
This study evaluates the local language training aimed at the unemployed in Estonia during 2015-2016. The impact of … training on employment probability and labour income is estimated by combining propensity score matching with coarsened exact … matching. The impact on the probability of being employed is found to be positive after the end of the lock-in effect. Two …
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Automation, offshoring, and the role of public policies
Schmidpeter, Bernhard; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2019
We provide comprehensive evidence on the consequences of automation and offshoreability on the career of unemployed workers and the role of public policies. Using almost two decades of administrative data for Austria, we find that risk of automation is reducing the job finding probability; a...
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Employment and skills in Finland
Pareliussen, Jon Kristian; André, Christophe; Chalaux, … - 2016
Employment fosters equity and economic inclusiveness because those out of work face the highest risk of poverty, and it generates the tax receipts on which the social safety net depends. Further enhancing education and life-long learning would lower hurdles to employment, which are high for the...
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Estonia
Melesk, Kirsti - 2019
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Education Reforms and Adult Skills : Evidence from Estonia
Byrne, Kieran - 2019
This paper investigates the impact of education reforms in Estonia on adult skills, using the PIAAC surveys conducted … by the OECD. Estonia implemented comprehensive education reforms in the early 1990s throughout Estonian-speaking schools … while in Russian-speaking schools less comprehensive reforms were implemented later. A large minority of Estonia …
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Veterans in workforce development : participation and labor market outcomes
Chrisinger, Colleen - 2017
This paper compares the employment status and earnings of veterans and nonveterans following their receipt of public workforce development services in Washington State during the years 2002–2012. It also describes workforce program participation patterns for veterans and nonveterans to...
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Stick, Carrot and Skill Acquisition
Filges, Trine; Larsen, Birthe - 2006
unemployment falls. However, YUPs potentially crowd out ordinary training. We set up an equilibrium matching model with endogenous …
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Improving Job Search Skills : A Field Experiment on Online Employment Assistance
Briscese, Guglielmo - 2020
Finding a job requires effective search skills to engage successfully with employers with vacancies. In a field experiment, we test a website that supplements such search skills by providing editable resume and cover letter templates as well as tips on how to look and apply for jobs. Exposure to...
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Improving job search skills : a field experiment on online employment assistance
Briscese, Guglielmo; Zanella, Giulio; Quinn, Veronica - 2020
Finding a job requires effective search skills to engage successfully with employers with vacancies. In a field experiment, we test a website that supplements such search skills by providing editable resume and cover letter templates as well as tips on how to look and apply for jobs. Exposure to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012203148
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Labor Market Liberalization and Skill Acquisition : Evidence from State-Owned Enterprises Reform in China
Zhao, Lilac Zihui - 2022
Labor market liberalization, such as state-owned enterprises reform that allows firms to fire redundant workers, has unclear effects on labor market conditions and skill acquisition empirically. This paper studies the effects of labor market liberalization on education-specific labor market...
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