The objective of this paper is to evaluate the Apprenticeship program (Lei do Aprendiz) that has been adopted in a large scale since 2000 in Brazil. This is a youth-targeted ALMP, which concedes payroll subsidies to firms that hire and train young workers under special temporary contracts aiming...

Throughout its history, Romania has gone through many crises in many sectors of the society. The premise, for the present situation, is that the reaction to a total crisis arising from a health problem, is being investigated. The consequences for the economy are still for analysis, but from now...