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Wirksamkeit der Förderung der beruflichen Weiterbildung vor und nach den Hartz-Reformen

Bonin, Holger; Schneider, Hilmar - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Inkrafttreten der Reform waren insbesondere lange Maßnahmen mit anerkanntem Berufsabschluss unwirksam. Danach hat sich die Effizienz … training. Before the reform, especially long-term training to a new occupation was not effective. It appears that the … effectiveness of most training measures has substantially improved after the reform. This is due to the introduction of better …

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Dann waren’s nur noch vier...Wie viele (und welche) Maßnahmen der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik brauchen wir noch? Eine Bilanz nach der Evaluation der Hartz-Reformen

Eichhorst, Werner; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

Die deutsche Arbeitsmarktpolitik ist im Zuge der Hartz-Reformen grundsätzlich neu strukturiert und systematisch evaluiert worden. Die vorliegenden Evaluationsberichte der ersten drei Hartz-Gesetze belegen nun vielfach, welche Instrumente der aktiven Arbeitsmarktpolitik sich durch ihre...

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Interactions between Private and Public Sector Wages

Afonso, António; Gomes, Pedro Maia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

We examine the interactions between public and private sector wages per employee in OECD countries. The growth of public sector wages and of public sector employment positively affects the growth of private sector wages. Moreover, total factor productivity, the unemployment rate and the degree...

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Unanticipated Effects of California's Paid Family Leave Program

Das, Tirthatanmoy; Polachek, Solomon - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We examine the effect of California Paid Family Leave (CPFL) on young women's (less than 42 years of age) labor force participation and unemployment. CPFL enables workers to take at most six weeks of paid leave over a 12 month period in order to bond with new born or adopted children, or to care...

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Getting Back into the Labor Market: The Effects of Start-Up Subsidies for Unemployed Females

Caliendo, Marco; Künn, Steffen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

A shortage of skilled labor and low female labor market participation are problems many developed countries have to face. Besides activating inactive women, one possible solution is to support the re-integration of unemployed women. Due to female-specific labor market constraints (preferences...

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Does Electrification Spur the Fertility Transition? Evidence from Indonesia

Grimm, Michael; Sparrow, Robert; Tasciotti, Luca - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We analyse various pathways through which access to electricity affects fertility, using a pseudo-panel of Indonesian districts covering the period 1993-2010. Identification of causal effects relies on a district-fixed effects approach and controlling for local economic development. The...

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Payment for Ecosystem Services from Forests

Alix-Garcia, Jennifer; Wolff, Hendrik - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Every year between 2000 and 2010, our planet lost native forests roughly the size of Costa Rica. (FAO, 2010). This rapid deforestation has dramatically changed the chemical composition of the world's atmosphere, the level of biodiversity, and the presence of vegetation key to maintaining...

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Regional Effect Heterogeneity of Start-Up Subsidies for the Unemployed

Caliendo, Marco; Künn, Steffen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Recent microeconometric evaluation studies have shown that start-up subsidies for unemployed individuals are an effective policy tool to improve long-term employment and income prospects of participants, in particular compared to other active labor market programs (e.g. training, job search...

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The IZA Evaluation Dataset Survey: A Scientific Use File

Arni, Patrick; Caliendo, Marco; Künn, Steffen; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This reference paper describes the sampling and contents of the IZA Evaluation Dataset Survey and outlines its vast potential for research in labor economics. The data have been part of a unique IZA project to connect administrative data from the German Federal Employment Agency with innovative...

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Kausale Evaluation von Pilotprojekten: Die Nutzung von Randomisierung in der Praxis

Arni, Patrick - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

Wirkungsevaluationen stehen oft vor der Herausforderung, Kausalität zwischen der betrachteten neuen Politikmassnahme und den resultierenden Outcomes herzustellen. Mangelnde Vergleichbarkeit zwischen der Programmgruppe (neue Politik) und der Kontrollgruppe (Status Quo) macht oft eine kausale...

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