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In addition to describing different countries labour market policies for people with disabilities, this study attempts … target group s labour force participation and employment rate; (2) what labour market programmes are applied and to what … degree; (3) to what extent the regular policy and institutional framework is used to integrate persons with disabilities into …
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, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. These countries represent range of welfare states, both in terms of … objective is to identify policy tools that help generate sustained increases in employment in the long run. Therefore, we focus …. -- Labour force participation ; employment ; income support ; long-run sustainability …
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In this paper we provide a description of the labor market in the Netherlands. Compared to other OECD countries labor … the relevant labor market in-stitutions in the Netherlands and use recent reforms to assess the importance of the … different reforms. Where possible we provide an international comparison. We find that inflow into benefits programs responds to …
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. Compared with the EU, the UK has high employment rates, but a high proportion of non-workers say that they are not working …
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separate analyses for the USA, the UK, Germany and the Netherlands. We quantify the monopsony power due to search frictions and …
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In view of the demographic trends, most EU countries face the problem of a declining work force in the future. Understanding the interaction between income support systems (such as unemployment benefits, social assistance, early retirement and pension systems) and total labor supply is of...
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individuals with severe work disabilities. Besides providing employment for disabled workers and rehabilitating them to employment …This paper analyses recruitment practices to Samhall, a state-owned company that provides sheltered employment for …-to-Samhall hazards of the prioritised groups, i.e., individuals with intellectual or psychic disabilities, are significantly higher than …
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This paper looks at welfare reforms in Italy and their effects on labour supply. I focus on social security reforms, which have taken place in the 1990s and on labour market reforms. Old age social security expenditure in Italy is high (14% of GDP) and the system has been very generous on early...
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on as a major means of raising employment and participation in the long run. -- Labour supply ; taxes ; income support …
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-related public pension scheme have all significantly increased rewards from employment and are often associated with increased labour … increased average employment rates of the elderly, but also retirement through alternative schemes, most notably disability …
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