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Priority to unemployed immigrants? : a causal machine learning evaluation of training in Belgium
Cockx, Bart; Lechner, Michael; Bollens, Joost - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 80 (2023), pp. 1-19
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014234781
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Can hiring subsidies benefit the unemployed? : hiring subsidies can be a very cost-effective way of helping the unemployed, but only when they are carefully targeted
Brown, Alessio J. G. - 2015
Long-term unemployment can lead to skill attrition and have detrimental effects on future employment prospects …, particularly following periods of economic crises when employment growth is slow and cannot accommodate high levels of unemployment … costeffective and efficient means of reducing unemployment, during both periods of economic stability and recovery. …
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Do case workers help the unemployed? : evidence for making a cheap and effective twist to labor market policies for unemployed workers
Rosholm, Michael - 2014
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries spend, on average, an equivalent of 0.4% of their gross domestic product on active and passive labor market policies. This is a non-negligible sum, especially in times of strained government budgets. Meetings with case workers -...
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Activation programs for unemployment benefit recipients in Slovenia
Laporšek, Suzana; Vodopivec, Milan; Vodopivec, Matija - In: Národohospodářský obzor : časopis věnovaný … 22 (2022) 2, pp. 75-95
the current measures in Slovenia in the area of activation of unemployment benefit recipients and it compares its formal … unemployment benefit eligibility, improving employment services, participation in active labour market policies, monitoring and … sanctions. The review lists several recommendations Slovenia should apply to activate unemployment benefit recipients, including …
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The long-term earnings consequences of general vs. specific training of the unemployed
Stenberg, Anders; Westerlund, Olle - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 4 (2015) 22, pp. 1-26
Training programs for the unemployed typically involve training specific skills in demand amongst employers. In 1997, Swedish unemployed could also choose general schooling at the upper secondary level. This offers a unique opportunity to assess the theoretically ambiguous long-term relative...
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Start-up subsidies for the unemployed : opportunities and limitations ; financial support during business start-up is an effective active labor market policy tool for escaping unem...
Caliendo, Marco - 2016
Turning unemployment into self-employment is a suitable alternative to traditional active labor market policies in many …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449371
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Evaluating place-based job creation programs in Japan
Kazekami, Sachiko - In: IZA journal of labor policy 6 (2017) 1, pp. 1-32
First, this paper empirically evaluates the incidence of the Japanese place-based job creation program, which has rarely been studied in Japan. The program increases employment, especially in the agricultural, retail trade, and service sectors, which most treated municipalities promote. Second,...
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Effectiveness of a job vacancy referral scheme
Bollens, Joost; Cockx, Bart - In: IZA journal of labor policy 6 (2017) 15, pp. 1-24
study evaluates whether this policy instrument enhanced the transition to employment in Flanders (region in northern Belgium …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011820623
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Are active labour market policies effective in activating and integrating low-skilled individuals? An international comparison
Escudero, Verónica - In: IZA journal of labor policy 7 (2018) 4, pp. 1-24
and measures aimed at vulnerable populations are more effective than other ALMPs in terms of reducing unemployment and …
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Labor market reforms in Europe : towards more flexicure labor markets?
Eichhorst, Werner; Marx, Paul; Wehner, Caroline - In: Journal for labour market research 51 (2017) 3, pp. 1-17
and restrictions on fixed-term contracts; (2) unemployment benefit generosity and coverage; and (3) the intensity of … provision of unemployment benefits and access to ALMPs. In particular, we will provide some evidence on potential changes in …
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