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The knowledge lift : the Swedish adult education program that aimed to eliminate low worker skill levels
Albrecht, James W. (contributor);  … - 2005
The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift is unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of all low-skilled workers towards the medium level. This paper evaluates the effects of program participation on individual labor market outcomes, notably...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002634363
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Structural empirical analysis of vacancy referrals with imperfect monitoring and the strategic use of sickness absence
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Foerster, Hanno; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2023
This paper provides a structural analysis of the role of job vacancy referrals (VRs) by public employment agencies in the job search behavior of unemployed individuals, incorporating institutional features of the monitoring of search behavior by the agencies. Notably, rejections of VRs may lead...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014391203
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Persistencies in the labour market
Frijters, Paul; Lindeboom, Maarten; Berg, Gerard J. van den - 2009
transition rates. We focus on hysteresis effects of the durations and incidence of previous spells out of work. We estimate … rates to work, and sometimes also from work. The quantitative magnitude of persistency and hysteresis effects on inequality … is modest. -- Duration analysis ; hysteresis ; inequality ; wages ; unemployment ; hazard rates ; employment ; income …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003814285
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Swedish labor market training and the duration of unemployment
Richardson, Katarina (contributor);  … - 2006
"The vocational employment training program is the most ambitious and expensive training program in Sweden and a cornerstone of labor market policy. We analyze causal effects on the individual transition rate from unemployment to employment by exploiting variation in the timing of treatment and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003373410
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The matching method for treatment evaluation with selective participation and ineligibles
Costa Dias, Monica (contributor);  … - 2008
The matching method for treatment evaluation does not balance selective unobserved differences between treated and non-treated. We derive a simple correction term if there is an instrument that shifts the treatment probability to zero in specific cases. Policies with eligibility restrictions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652699
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Structural empirical evaluation of job search monitoring
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Klaauw, Bas van der - 2015
To evaluate search effort monitoring of unemployed workers, it is important to take account of post-unemployment wages and job-to-job mobility. We structurally estimate a job search model with endogenous job search effort by the unemployed along various search channels that deals with this. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011373219
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The role of sickness in the evaluation of job search assistance and sanctions
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Hofmann, Barbara; Uhlendorff, Arne - 2016
Unemployment insurance agencies may combat moral hazard by punishing refusals to apply to assigned vacancies. However, the possibility to report sick creates an additional moral hazard, since during sickness spells, minimum requirements on search behavior do not apply. This reduces the ex ante...
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Nonparametric instrumental variable methods for dynamic treatment evaluation
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Bonev, Petyo; Mammen, Enno - 2016
We develop a nonparametric instrumental variable approach for the estimation of average treatment effects on hazard rates and conditional survival probabilities, without model structure. We derive constructive identification proofs for average treatment effects under noncompliance and dynamic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011453442
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Long-run effects of dynamically assigned treatments : a new methodology and an evaluation of training effects on earnings
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Vikström, Johan - 2019
We propose and implement a new method to estimate treatment effects in settings where individuals need to be in a certain state (e.g. unemployment) to be eligible for a treatment, treatments may commence at different points in time, and the outcome of interest is realized after the individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012052339
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Long-run effects of dynamically assigned treatments : a new methodology and an evaluation of training effects on earnings
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Vikström, Johan - 2019
We propose and implement a new method to estimate treatment effects in settings where individuals need to be in a certain state (e.g. unemployment) to be eligible for a treatment, treatments may commence at different points in time, and the outcome of interest is realized after the individual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012035113