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The impact of active labour market policy on post-unemployment outcomes : evidence from a social experiment in Denmark

Blasco, Sylvie; Rosholm, Michael - 2011

While job search theory predicts that active labour market policies (ALMPs) can affect post-unemployment outcomes, empirical evaluations investigating transition rates have mostly focused on the impact of ALMPs on exit rates from the current unemployment spell. We use a social experiment, which...

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Analyzing the anticipation of treatments using data on notification dates

Crépon, Bruno; Jolivet, Grégory; Berg, Gerald J. van den - 2010

When treatments may occur at different points in time, most evaluation methods assume - implicitly or explicitly - that all the information used by subjects about the occurrence of a future treatment is available to the researcher. This is often called the "no anticipation" assumption. In...

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The effects of active labour market policies for immigrants receiving social assistance in Denmark

Heinesen, Eskil; Husted, Leif; Rosholm, Michael - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-22

We estimate the effect of active labour-market programmes on the exit rate to regular employment for non-western immigrants in Denmark who receive social assistance. We use the timing-of-events duration model and rich administrative data. We find large positive post-programme effects, and,...

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Active labour market programmes for women with a partner : challenge or replication of traditional gender roles

Kopf, Eva; Zabel, Cordula - 2014

A major unemployment and welfare benefit reform took place in Germany in 2005. One objective of this reform was to more … Programme der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik, wie beispielsweise Trainingsmaßnahmen oder Arbeitsgelegenheiten, in der Praxis … Programme der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik beeinflussen. Wir bilden verschiedene Haushaltsklassifikationen basierend auf dem …

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TIPping the scales towards greater employment chances? : evaluation of a Trial Introduction Program (TIP) for newly-arrived immigrants based on random program assignment

Andersson Joona, Pernilla; Nekby, Lena - 2009

A Trial Introduction Program (TIP) for newly-arrived immigrants to Sweden was implemented from October 2006 to June 2008 in order to meet the main criticisms directed at existing introduction programs. Two primary innovations were introduced, flexible language instruction parallel with other...

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Estimating the effect of a retraining program on the re-employment rate of displaced workers

Cavaco, Sandra; Fougère, Denis; Pouget, Julien - 2009

In this paper we estimate by matching techniques the effects of a French retraining program on the reemployment rate of displaced workers. This program, called "Conventions de conversion", was intended to improve reemployment prospects of displaced workers by proposing them retraining and job...

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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

The public employment service (PES) makes use in many countries of vacancy referrals as to facilitate the matching between unemployed workers and vacancies. Based on a “timing-of-events” approach to control for selective participation, this study evaluates whether this policy instrument...

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TIPping the Scales Towards Greater Employment Chances? Evaluation of a Trial Introduction Program (TIP) for Newly-Arrived Immigrants Based on Random Program Assignment

Andersson, Pernilla - 2009

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Estimating the Effect of a Retraining Program for Displaced Workers on Their Transition to Permanent Jobs

Cavaco, Sandra; Fougère, Denis; Pouget, Julien - 2021

In this paper we estimate the short-term effects of a French retraining program that was intended to improve reemployment prospects of displaced workers. Our empirical analysis uses non-experimental data collected by the French Ministry of Labour. Transitions from unemployment to permanent vs....

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Are Job Search Programs a Promising Tool? A Microeconometric Evaluation for Austria

Weber, Andrea; Hofer, Helmut - 2021

In Austria job search programs were introduced on a large scale in 1999. These programs aim at activating unemployed at an early stage and bringing them back to work by training job search related skills. We evaluate the impact of active labour market programs in Austria on individual...

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