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Through the Hartz reforms, German active labour market policy was fundamentally restructured and has since been systematically evaluated. This paper reviews the recent evaluation findings and draws some conclusions for the future setup of active labour market policies in Germany. It argues in...
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policies (ALMPs), in particular the extensive use of ALMP instruments and an effective delivery system. Using a large panel of … quarterly data from employment office districts, we estimate the effects of ALMPs on the job matching process in the CR. In so …
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This paper investigates the impact of active labour market policies (ALMPs) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia over the period 1991-4. Econometric results suggest that levels of these policies - including a dramatic reduction of ALMP spending in Slovakia by more than two-thirds in 1993 -...
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informative data originating from administrative records. Using a matching estimator for multiple programmes, we find positive …
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We estimate the employment effects of training, intervention works (subsidized employment) and public works programmes in Poland. The analysis is based on retrospective monthly calendar information on the labour force state and Active Labour Market Programme (ALMP) participation between January...
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This Paper provides a simple matching model in which unemployed workers and employers can be matched together through … in matching models, according to which search intensity is always too low if not efficient. Eventually, in the presence …
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employees. This Paper develops a matching model that can explain the link between inter-industry wage differentials and the use … than formal methods (e.g., newspaper ads). In equilibrium, the matching process generates segmentation in the labour market …
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underlying theory is the search and matching model, with workers and firms engaging in costly search leading to random matching … from it, generated by matching. …
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This paper surveys recent work in equilibrium models of labor markets characterized by search and recruitment frictions and by the need to reallocate workers across productive activities. The duration of unemployment and jobs and wage determination are treated as endogenous outcomes of job...
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This paper presents a theory explaining the labor market matching process through microeconomic incentives. There are … quit decisions. This approach obviates the need for a matching function. On this theoretical basis, we argue that the … matching function is vulnerable to the Lucas critique. Our calibrated model for the U.S. economy can account for important …
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