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Matching Skills and Jobs in Estonia
Demmou, Lilas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2012
The labour market in Estonia is volatile, increasing the risk that groups with some obstacles to enter the labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276856
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014443326
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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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The iceberg decomposition: a parsimonious way to map the health of labour markets
Baert, Stijn - 2020
This article introduces the metaphor of the iceberg in the labour market. While policy in most OECD countries has historically focussed on reducing unemployment (the tip of the iceberg), the group of inactive people (below the waterline) is much larger. Therefore, we point to the clear...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012254253
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The iceberg decomposition : a parsimonious way tomap the health of labour markets
Baert, Stijn - 2020
This article introduces the metaphor of the iceberg in the labour market. While policy in most OECD countries has historically focussed on reducing unemployment (the tip of the iceberg), the group of inactive people (below the waterline) is much larger. Therefore, we point to the clear...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012249694
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012137059
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What shifts did Covid-19 year 2020 bring to the labour market in Europe?
Baert, Stijn - 2021
This article discusses the evolution of key labour market indicators in the EU-27 countries between 2019 and 2020, i.e. between the year before the covid-19 crisis broke out and the year in which it impacted the economy heavily. Whereas earlier policy-oriented studies have dealt with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012505164
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Investing Efficiently in Education and Active Labour Market Policies in Slovakia
Klein, Caroline - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
In Slovakia, educational outcomes are below the OECD average and are too dependent on the socioeconomic background of students. Unemployment is high and the school-to-job transition process does not work well. Spending on education and active labour market policies are very low by international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276911
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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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Optimal labor-market policy in recessions
Jung, Philip; Küster, Keith - 2011
We examine the optimal labor market-policy mix over the business cycle. In a search and matching model with risk …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011489652