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The award of a training voucher and labor market outcomes : conference paper

Doerr, Annabelle; Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kruppe, Thomas; … - 2013

This paper estimates the labor market effects of being awarded with a training voucher using an instrumental variable …. Results suggest that on average voucher recipients suffer from strong lock-in effects and only experience at best small … positive employment effects and no earning gains four years after the award of the voucher. Subgroups of treated individuals …

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Vocational Training of Unemployed Workers in Belgium

Cockx, Bart Leo Wim - 2003

In this paper we estimate, for the 1989-93 period in Belgium, the effect of vocational classroom training on the rate of transition from unemployment. We propose a ?control function? estimator accounting for variable treatment effects. In the absence of interaction effects between explanatory...

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Is the notification of monitoring a threat to the unemployed?: a regression discontinuity approach

Cockx, Bart Leo Wim; Dejemeppe, Muriel - 2007

In July 2004, the Belgian government intensified monitoring within the Unemployment Insurance scheme. Workers claiming unemployment benefits for more than 13 months are notified that past job-search behavior will be monitored 8 months later. In one region the target group is counselled shortly...

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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 - 2005

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 Maria; Hofer, Helmut - 2004

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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Use of unemployment insurance and public employment services after leaving welfare

O'Leary, Christopher J. - 2015

In this paper I examine the rates at which adults in households recently receiving Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) become jobless, apply for and receive unemployment insurance (UI) benefits, and participate in publicly funded employment services. I also investigate the correlation...

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Experimental evidence on the effects of early meetings and activation

Maibom Pedersen, Jonas; Rosholm, Michael; Svarer, Michael - 2012

We analyze the effects of four randomized social experiments, involving early and intensive active labour market policy, conducted in Denmark in 2008. The experiments entailed different combinations of early and intensive treatment in terms of meetings and active labour market programmes. The...

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Reemployment and substitution effects from increased activation : evidence from times of crisis

Martins, Pedro S.; Pessoa e Costa, Sofia - 2014

Although activation services such as monitoring, training, or job subsidies have been shown to increase exits from unemployment, there is little comprehensive evidence about the effects of activation during recessions. Here we evaluate a large activation programme introduced in Portugal in 2012,...

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Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Early Meetings and Activation

Maibom, Jonas - 2012

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Déjà Vu? Short-Term Training in Germany 1980-1992 and 2000-2003

Osikominu, Aderonke; Orlyanskaya, Olga; Fitzenberger, Bernd - 2008

Short?term training has recently become the largest active labor market program in Germany regarding the number of participants. Little is known on the effectiveness of different types of short?term training and on their long?run effects. This paper estimates the effects of short?term training...

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