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How can temporary work agencies provide more training? : staffing agencies could play a more prominent role in the provision of training for the low qualified and previously unemployed

Spermann, Alexander - 2016

Temporary work agencies use training as a recruitment and retention argument when qualified labor is scarce. However, short job assignments present a major obstacle for employers and employees to increase investment in training. As temporary agency workers are mainly low-qualified and often...

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"The double dividend of Training" : labor market effects of work-related continuous education in Switzerland

Denzler, Stefan; Ruhose, Jens; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2022

risk of unemployment two years after the treatment. However, the effects are heterogeneous as to gender, age, education …

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"The double dividend of training" : labor market effects of work-related continuous education in Switzerland

Denzler, Stefan; Ruhose, Jens; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2022

risk of unemployment two years after the treatment. However, the effects are heterogeneous as to gender, age, education …

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Unemployment, inactivity, and hiring chances : a systematic review and meta-analysis

D'Hert, Liam; Baert, Stijn; Lippens, Louis - 2024

persons. However, stigma related to unemployment or inactivity can hinder their hiring chances when applying for a job. This …-term unemployment of up to six months positively affects hiring prospects, while the adverse effects of unemployment scarring become … negative impact of longer spells. The latter negative signal is more pronounced when unemployment rates are low. …

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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...

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Active labor market policies

Crépon, Bruno; Berg, Gerard J. van den - 2016

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Closing the mismatch : encouraging jobseekers to reskill for shortage occupations

Leduc, Elisabeth; Tojerow, Ilan - 2025

We partner with a Public Employment Service to examine whether jobseekers can be encouraged to reskill for shortage occupations. In a large-scale field experiment involving 100,000 recently unemployed individuals, we provide information on shortage occupations and related training opportunities....

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Education and labor market policies in an offshoring global economy

Hummels, David; Munch, Jakob Roland; Chong, Xiang - In: Nordic economic policy review (2013) 1, pp. 75-98

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From unemployment to self-employment : the role of entrepreneurship training

Michaelides, Marios; Davis, Scott - 2016

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Are unemployment rates in OECD countries stationary? : evidence from univariate and panel unit root tests

Khraief, Naceur; Shahbaz, Muhammad; Heshmati, Almas; … - 2015

This paper revisits the dynamics of unemployment rate for 29 OECD countries over the period of 1980-2013. Numerous … empirical studies of the dynamics of unemployment rate are carried out within a linear framework. However, unemployment rate can … time series exhibits nonlinear behaviour. Our empirical findings provide significant evidence in favour of unemployment …

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