Showing 71 - 80 of 213,771
This paper examines the youth guarantee programme introduced in Finland 2005. The reform consisted of early … the age threshold set at 25 years, we find that the youth guarantee moderately increased unsubsidized employment while … having a negligible impact on unemployment in the age range of 23-24. We also show that the positive impacts of the youth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013027370
Reducing Youth Unemployment is going to be one of the most important goals of nations in the coming decade. The … International Labour Organization estimates that out of the 1 billion youth, 201 million are unemployed. The UN has adopted reducing … and job opportunities are well known, the study on youth entrepreneurship is relatively recent. Youth are bracketed under …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012989935
We study the anatomy of responses to a major activation programme targeted at unemployed youth, introduced in Sweden in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011598114
Many university graduates conduct internships before starting to work in a direct-hire job. I analyse the effects of internships on early labour market performance to evaluate whether they enhance or hinder the university-to-work transition. I use propensity score matching to identify graduates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011763868
Although short message services (SMS) are constantly used to transmit information, little is known about the use of SMS by public institutions to direct people. This paper presents a field experiment in France about the effectiveness of SMS in directing disadvantaged people toward public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013092995
This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized training program for disadvantaged youth introduced in Colombia in 2005 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013158515
This essay aims to discuss the conditions for a successful implementation of the European Youth Guarantee in Italy. In …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013025302
In spring 2013, youth unemployment in the EU peaked and then declined sharply. Yet at least one in every six members of … rate continued on its upward trend. On average in Europe, the youth among the unemployed have a particularly high risk of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011750752
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011700983
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011994754