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We study the effect of a job training program for low income youth in Cordoba, Argentina. The program included life …-skills and vocational training, as well as internships with private sector employers. Participants were allocated by means of a …
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administrative data represent an invaluable resource for evaluating the impact of ALMPs -- 1.3. Vocational training and employment … subsidies help to connect people with jobs, but could be fine-tuned further -- 1.3.1. Vocational training and employment … and high-skilled jobseekers are more likely to enter the vocational training or employment subsidy programmes -- 1 …
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This paper comparatively analyzes strategies of German Jobcenters to bring native and immigrant job seekers into employment. It focuses on clients who receive means-tested basic income for the unemployed, based on data from the Panel Study Labour Market and Social Security (PASS) from year 2015...
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The Swedish adult education program called Knowledge Lift is unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of all low-skilled workers towards the medium level. This paper evaluates the effects of program participation on individual labor market outcomes, notably employment...
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propensity score matching approach, we find that vacancy information increases the entry rate into unemployment predominantly by …, focussing on vacancy information obtained early in the unemployment spell. As in many other countries, the German activation … through other channels. In case of continued unemployment, early vacancy information reduces the participation rate in ALMP …
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This paper examines the impact of an experiment in North Macedonia in which vulnerable unemployed individuals applying to a subsidized employment program were randomly selected to attend job interviews. Employers hiring a new employee from the target population receive a subsidy covering the...
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Programs to encourage labor market activity among youth, including public employment programs and wage subsidies like the Work Opportunity Tax Credit, can be supported by three broad rationales. They may: (1) provide contemporaneous income support to participants; (2) encourage work experience...
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