This paper estimates the relative efficiency of eight Swedish labor market programs in reducing the unemployment … duration for participants. The analysis uses a hazard regression model and a uniquely large and rich administrative data set …

certain state (e.g. unemployment) to be eligible for a treatment, treatments may commence at different points in time, and the … certain time in unemployment will leave unemployment before training while others will be trained later. We are interested in … effects of the treatment at a certain elapsed duration compared to "no treatment at any subsequent duration". We prove …

abolished the dependence of unemployment insurance benefits on the elapsed unemployment duration and simultaneously introduced … unemployment duration is positive and significant. Neglecting selectivity leads to an underestimation of the effects in absolute … additional active labor market policy measures. The estimated effect of the reform on the survival function of the duration of …

abolished the dependence of unemployment insurance benefits on the elapsed unemployment duration and simultaneously introduced … unemployment duration is positive and significant. Neglecting selectivity leads to an underestimation of the effects in absolute … additional active labor market policy measures. The estimated effect of the reform on the survival function of the duration of …

participation in public vocational training significantly decreases unemployment duration or increases employment duration. …This study analyses the effects of public sector sponsored vocational training on individual unemployment and … employment duration in East Germany. The data is taken from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). The empirical analysis is …

both unemployment and employment duration. Our analysis uses a rich administrative longitudinal data set for Germany where … unemployment. Long-term training schemes increase the average duration of employment spells more strongly than short-term training …. However, they increase the expected unemployment duration if they are started early during unemployment. This negative short …

unemployment as well as across different subgroups of participants. We find that participating in short-term training reduces the … remaining time in unemployment and moderately increases job stability. Long-term training programs initially prolong the … remaining time in unemployment, but once the scheduled program end is reached participants exit to employment at a much faster …

unemployment as well as across different subgroups of participants. We find that participating in short-term training reduces the … remaining time in unemployment and moderately increases job stability. Long-term training programs initially prolong the … remaining time in unemployment, but once the scheduled program end is reached participants exit to employment at a much faster …

both unemployment and employment duration. Our analysis uses a rich administrative longitudinal data set for Germany where … unemployment. Long-term training schemes increase the average duration of employment spells more strongly than short-term training …. However, they increase the expected unemployment duration if they are started early during unemployment. This negative short …

unemployment, there is little comprehensive evidence about the effects of activation during recessions. Here we evaluate a large … activation programme introduced in Portugal in 2012, a time of very high unemployment. This programme required specific … unemployment benefit recipients to meet jobcentre caseworkers and then participate in active labour market policies. Our analysis …