Similar Search Results

Republic of Estonia; Staff Report for the 2011 Article IV Consultation

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2011

The staff report for the 2011 Article IV Consultation concluded that a vibrant recovery marked Estoniaâ€™s first year in the euro area, albeit amid nascent tensions. The economyâ€™s strong rebound has been grounded in a proven track record of prudent macroeconomic policies. Executive...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142206

Cross-Cutting Themes in Employment Experiences during the Crisis

Vamvakidis, Athanasios; Vitek, Francis; Nkusu, Mwanza; … - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2010

The human cost of the recent global crisis is reflected in its impact on the labor market. Explaining why economies with similar downturns had very different employment trends can help design policies to reduce such costs and improve labor markets. This paper analyzes the recent employment...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011142213

Can Institutional Reform Reduce Job Destruction and Unemployment Duration? Yes it Can

International Monetary Fund (IMF); International … - 2012

We read search theory's unemployment equilibrium condition as an Iso-Unemployment Curve(IUC).The IUC is the locus of … job destruction rates and expected unemployment durations rendering the same unemployment level. A country's position … unemployment level at which such preferences are satisfied Using a panel of 20 OECD countries over 1985-2008, we find employment …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009654152

The Spanish Labor Market in a Cross-Country Perspective

Jaumotte, Florence - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2011

The Spanish labor market is not working: the unemployment rate is structurally very high; wages are not very responsive … to labor market conditions, causing a high cyclicality of unemployment; and the labor market is highly dual. Compared … bringing the unemployment rate closer to the EU15 average. The key reform needed to reduce the share of temporary workers is …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008839336

Targeting labour market programmes: results from a randomized experiment

Behnke, Stefanie; Frölich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - 2007

We evaluate a randomized experiment of a statistical support system developed to assist caseworkers in Swiss employment offices in choosing appropriate active labour market programmes for their unemployed clients. This statistical support system predicted the labour market outcome for each...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268219

Unemployed and their caseworkers: should they be friends or foes?

Behnke, Stefanie; Frölich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - 2007

In many countries, caseworkers in a public employment office have the dual roles of counselling and monitoring unemployed persons. These roles often conflict with each other leading to important caseworker heterogeneity: Some consider providing services to their clients and satisfying their...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268389

A caseworker like me: does the similarity between unemployed and caseworker increase job placements?

Behncke, Stefanie; Frölich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - 2008

This paper examines whether the chances of job placements improve if unemployed persons are counselled by caseworkers who belong to the same social group, defined by gender, age, education, and nationality. Based on an unusually informative dataset, which links Swiss unemployed to their...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268853

Targeting Labour Market Programmes: Results from a Randomized Experiment

Behncke, Stefanie; Frölich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005763456

Targeting Labour Market Programmes - Results from A Randomised Experiment

Behncke, Stefanie; Frölich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791560

Unemployed and Their Caseworkers: Should They Be Friends or Foes?

Behncke, Stefanie; Frölich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

In many countries, caseworkers in a public employment office have the dual roles of counselling and monitoring unemployed persons. These roles often conflict with each other leading to important case-worker heterogeneity: Some consider providing services to their clients and satisfying their...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791568