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Central and East European Labour Markets in Transition: Developments, Causes, and Cures

Franz, Wolfgang - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1995

dynamics of employment and unemployment in order to identify key issues for the sources of the malfunctioning of these labour … passive labour market policies, and the structure of employment and output. …

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Is the German Apprenticeship System a Panacea for the US Labour Market?

Harhoff, Dietmar; Kane, Thomas J - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1996

Advocates of apprenticeship programmes often argue as if it is simply a matter of historical accident that such investment by US firms has been hindered. This paper explores the structure of incentives underpinning the German system of apprenticeship training. First, we describe three...

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The Economic Performance of Germany's East European Immigrants

Schmidt, Christoph M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994

display lower levels of education, lower rates of self-employment and higher unemployment rates than natives and immigrants …

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South-North Refugee Migration: Lessons for Development Cooperation

Rotte, Ralph; Vogler, Michael; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

As exemplified in the 1995 Mediterranean Declaration of the European Union, migration has become a major concern for European development policies. By enhancing socio-economic conditions through development cooperation, a reduction of South-North migration flows is envisaged. This new approach...

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Legal Status at Entry, Economic Performance and Self-Employment Proclivity: A Bi-National Study of Immigrants

Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006

paper uses a bi-national survey on immigrant performance to investigate the sorting of individuals into full-time paid-employment … for their integration in the labor market. Since the focus is on the understanding of the self-employment decision, a two …-stage structural probit model is employed that determines the willingness to work full-time (against part-time employment and not …

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The Rise and Fall of Asylum: What Happened and Why?

Hatton, Timothy J. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

In the last 20 years, developed countries have struggled with what seemed to be an ever-rising tide of asylum seekers, a trend that has now gone into reverse. This paper examines what happened and why. How have oppression, violence and economic conditions in origin countries shaped worldwide...

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Refugees, Asylum Seekers and Policy in Europe

Hatton, Timothy J.; Williamson, Jeffrey G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005

The number of refugees worldwide is now 12 million, up from 3 million in the early 1970s. And the number seeking asylum …-receiving countries and for the refugees themselves. …

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Does Subsidized Temporary Employment Get the Unemployed Back to Work? An Econometric Analysis of Two Different Schemes

Gerfin, Michael; Lechner, Michael; Stieger, Heidi - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002

schemes of subsidized temporary employment implemented in Switzerland. One scheme operates as a non-profit employment …Subsidized employment is an important tool of active labour market policies to improve the chances of the unemployed to … find permanent employment. Using informative individual administrative data, we investigate the effects of two different …

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Regional Treatment Intensity as an Instrument for the Evaluation of Labour Market Policies

Fröhlich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004

The effects of active labour market policies (ALMP) on individual employment chances and earnings are evaluated by non … small sample problems occurring in IV estimation, our results suggest that ALMP increases individual employment …

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Volatile Top Income Shares in Switzerland? Reassessing the Evolution Between 1981 and 2009

Foellmi, Reto; Martínez, Isabel Z. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014

We study the recent evolution of top incomes in Switzerland, analyzing both social security data on labor incomes and ….01 percent’s share even doubled, putting Switzerland similar to European countries for the top 1 percent group but closer to the … suggests that labor incomes have become more important among top income earners in Switzerland. This is in line with findings …

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