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Active labor market policies
Crépon, Bruno; Berg, Gerard J. van den - 2016
Active labor market policies are massively used with the objective being to improve labor market outcomes of individuals out of work. Many observational evaluation studies have been published. In this review, we critically assess policy effectiveness. We emphasize insights from recent randomized...
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Under heavy pressure : intense monitoring and accumulation of sanctions for young welfare recipients in Germany
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Uhlendorff, Arne; Wolff, Joachim - 2017
With the introduction of a new welfare benefit system in 2005, Germany implemented quite strict benefit sanctions for … Germany. We estimate separate models for people living alone and people living with their family, as sanctioned welfare …
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Offshoring and labour market reforms : modelling the German experience
Beissinger, Thomas; Chusseau, Nathalie; Hellier, Joël - 2015
have boosted German competitiveness, resulting in higher exports, higher production and lower unemployment. This … explains the gains in competitiveness but increases unemployment and inequality, and the subsequent labour market reforms lower … unemployment by lessening the reservation wage and expanding the non-tradable sector. The model replicates the developments of the …
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The signal of applying for a job under a vacancy referral scheme
Van Belle, Eva; Caers, Ralf; Couck, Marijke de; Di … - 2018
Persistent unemployment across OECD countries has led to increasing investments in activation programmes and, as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011871896
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Mandatory integration agreements for unemployed job seekers: a randomized controlled field experiment in Germany
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Hofmann, Barbara; Stephan, Gesine - 2021
In the German unemployment insurance system, Integration Agreements (IA) are mandatory contracts between the employment …
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Is informal sector work an alternative to workfare benefits? : the case of pre-program expansion and economic crisis
Khamis, Melanie - 2009
Limited availability of workfare programs and unemployment insurance and a large informal sector are features of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003925374
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The shadow economy and work in the shadow : what do we (not) know?
Schneider, Friedrich - 2012
of the state (taxes and regulations), the general situation on the labor market, and unemployment are crucial for an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009533973
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The shadow economy and shadow economy labor force : what do we (not) know?
Schneider, Friedrich - 2011
underlines that economic opportunities, the overall situation on the labor market, and unemployment are crucial for an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009308829
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The shadow economy and shadow labor force : a survey of recent developments
Schneider, Friedrich - 2014
This survey presents the various methods to estimate the size of the shadow economy, their strengths and weaknesses and the estimation results. The purpose of the survey is threefold. Firstly, it demonstrates that no ideal method to estimate the size and development of the shadow economy exists....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010379298
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Illegal immigration and the shadow economy
Camacho, Carmen; Mariani, Fabio; Pensieroso, Luca - 2015
We build a general equilibrium model in which both illegal immigration and the size of the informal sector are endogenously determined. In this framework, we show that indirect policy measures such as tax reduction and detection of informal activities can be used as substitutes for border...
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