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This paper reviews the results of studies that investigate the most important active labour market policy (ALMP) measures in Germany. A particular focus is on programs devoted to foster entrepreneurship which can make important contributions to a country's growth and social welfare. The...
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recipients. In contrast, the Hartz reforms did not increase income inequality via a rise in labor supply or part-time work, via …
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We use (donut) regression discontinuity design and difference-in-differences estimators to estimate the impact of a one-shot hiring subsidy targeted at low-educated unemployed youths during the Great Recession recovery in Belgium. The subsidy increases job-finding in the private sector by 10...
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We analyse the treatment effects of a large scale German active labour market program. Modellprojekte Bürgerarbeit is a modified public employment scheme, with an activation period as a first step. Using data from individual employment records we perform matching estimations to analyse the...
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We analyse measures of internal flexibility taken to safeguard employment during the Coronavirus Crisis in comparison … during the Great Recession all working-time instruments contributed to the reduction in working time, short-time work now … accounts for almost all of the working-time reduction. Short-time work was more rapidly extended, more generous, and for the …
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We analyse measures of internal flexibility taken to safeguard employment during the Coronavirus Crisis in comparison … during the Great Recession all working-time instruments contributed to the reduction in working time, short-time work (STW …
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Wir präsentieren einen Vorschlag für die Neuausrichtung der Arbeitslosenunterstützung in Deutschland: die Einführung von Beschäftigungskonten. Anstatt Steuern/Beiträge zu zahlen, die die Arbeitslosenunterstützung finanzieren, zahlen Beschäftigte laufend auf Ihre Beschäftigungskonten...
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labor market and fiscal policies. Simulation results focus on the effects of employment subsidies and in-work benefits and …
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touching on education, the labour market and the business environment. Areas of particular weakness to be tackled include the … high number of poorly qualified long-term unemployed, skills mismatches and a high school drop-out rate, and insufficient …
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Using data from the Current Population Survey (CPS), we show that the COVID-19 pandemic led to a loss of aggregate real …
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