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The Effects of Vocational Training Programmes on the Duration of Unemployment in Eastern Germany
Hujer, Reinhard; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Zeiss, Christopher - 2021
This paper focuses on the effects of vocational training programmes on the duration of unemployment in Eastern Germany. We use information from administrative data of the Federal Employment Office. To allow for observable and possible unobservable influences we apply a multivariate mixed...
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Is there a labour market mismatch in Estonia? : measuring regional, occupational and industrial labour market mismatch
Ferraro, Simona; Kommer, Pauline - In: Baltic journal of economics 23 (2023) 2, pp. 200-228
-2021. We apply the search and matching theory and the mismatch index framework, and our findings show that around 4-5 per cent …
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Mitigating long-term unemployment in Europe
Miyamoto, Hiroaki; Suphaphiphat, Nujin - In: IZA journal of labor policy 11 (2021) 1, pp. 1-27
, labor market matching efficiency, and labor market policies are associated with the incidence of long-term unemployment …
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A vibrant European labor market with full employment
Ritzen, Jozef M. M.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 3 (2014) 10, pp. 1-24
We sketch a visionary strategy for Europe in which full employment is quickly regained by 2020, income inequality is reduced and the economies are more sustainable. We call this scenario "vibrant". It is contrasted with what would happen if present policies continue within the European Union...
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A vibrant European labor market with full employment
Ritzen, Jozef M. M.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2013
We sketch a visionary strategy for Europe in which full employment is quickly regained by 2020, where income inequality is reduced and the economies are more sustainable. We name this scenario “vibrant.” It is contrasted with what would happen if present policies continue within the European...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010227788
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012257583
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Quick job entry or long-term human capital development? : the dynamic effects of alternative training schemes
Osikominu, Aderonke - 2009
This study evaluates and compares the effectiveness of two alternative training schemes for the unemployed: short, job-search oriented training and long, human capital oriented training. We investigate the impact dynamics of these programs considering both unemployment and employment duration....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003926736
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Quick Job Entry or Long-Term Human Capital Devlopment? The Dynamic Effects of Alternative Training Schemes
Osikominu, Aderonke - 2012
This paper investigates how precisely short-term, job-search oriented training programs as opposed to long-term, human capital intensive training programs work. We evaluate and compare their effects on time until job entry, stability of employment, and earnings. Further, we examine the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013105144
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Quick Job Entry or Long-Term Human Capital Development? The Dynamic Effects of Alternative Training Schemes
Osikominu, Aderonke - 2012
This paper investigates how precisely short-term, job-search oriented training programs as opposed to long-term, human capital intensive training programs work. We evaluate and compare their effects on time until job entry, stability of employment, and earnings. Further, we examine the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106476
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Quick Job Entry or Long-Term Human Capital Development? The Dynamic Effects of Alternative Training Schemes
Osikominu, Aderonke - 2009
This study evaluates and compares the effectiveness of two alternative training schemes for the unemployed: short, job-search oriented training and long, human capital oriented training. We investigate the impact dynamics of these programs considering both unemployment and employment duration....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013153023