The British New Deal for Young People began in January 1998. After 6 months of unemployment, 18-24 year olds enter a 'Gateway' period where they are given extensive job search assistance. If they are unable to obtain an unsubsidised job, then they can enter one of four New Deal options. One of...

Our study is based on the traditional Becker-Ehrlich deterrence model, but we analyse the model in the face of currently discussed factors of crime like demographic changes, youth-unemployment and income inequality. We use a panel of the German Laender (states) that allows us to exploit...

This econometric study deals with the question as to what extent apprentices after successfully completing their training stay with the firm where they have received their training and, if so, how long that job tenure holds. Determinants of both decisions can be seen from both the employer`s and...

This report describes the development of the KOF Youth Labour Market Index (KOF YLM Index), a tool that allows to compare the labour market situation of youth across countries. This project, developed by the Research Division Education System, aims to disentangle problematic defined as "youth...

Der Forschungsbericht basiert auf der Evaluation des Projekts 'Werkstatt-Schule Saarland'. Das Modellprojekt stellt den Versuch dar, besonders benachteiligte Jugendliche wieder in institutionelle Bildung zu integrieren, sie beim Erreichen eines Hauptschulabschlusses zu unterstützen und ihre...

Im vorliegenden Forschungsbericht werden die Maßnahmeteilnahmen beruflicher Rehabilitanden im Rahmen der Ersteingliederung bei der Bundesagentur für Arbeit untersucht. Datengrundlage ist eine IAB-Befragung von Rehabilitanden, die im Jahr 2006 eine Maßnahme bei der Bundesagentur für Arbeit...

This paper is concerned with the analysis of the determinants of unemploymentdurations of French Young People. The data used are extracted from the EnqueteEmploi 1990-1992 and the Module Jeunes 1992, both carried out by INSEE.A reduced form approach has been adopted and it is based on the...