We estimate the employment effects of training, intervention works (subsidised employment), and public works programmes … that training improves the employment opportunities of both men and women, whereas intervention and public works do not …: intervention works prolong unemployment for both genders as do public works for men. The number of observations on women in public …

. The effects of training programmes on the outflows from unemployment and the effects of all ALMP programmes on the … outflows from employment (to identify displacement effects) are estimated. The variety of specifications presented is revealing … gives some tentative support to the view that public training programmes can be used to reduce unemployment. …

This study re-estimates the employment effects of training programs for the unemployed using exogenous variation in …

This paper analyses the risk of unemployment, unemployment duration and the risk of longterm unemployment immediately … but unemployment incidence within this group is unequally distributed. Our paper extends previous research in three … firms and occupations, and adverse selection of employer moving graduates are correlated with unemployment after …

analyses of a uniform minimum wage. The model with worker and firm heterogeneity does not restrict the sign of employment … unemployment is a non-monotonic function of the minimum wage level. Effects differ strongly by labour market segment. Cross … opportunity cost of employment. …

broadband adoption, respectively, we review studies investigating the impacts on economic growth, employment and regional …

from unemployment to employment during an individual’s first unemployment spell. The analysis is based on British cohort …This paper studies how cognitive and social skills in childhood are related to the duration of unemployment in … associated with an increased probability of finding employment, even when controlling for educational attainment. For men, these …

In this paper, we address the impact of surging unemployment on online public good provision. Specifically, we ask how … drastically increased unemployment affects voluntary contributions of content to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. We put …

In this paper, we address the impact of surging unemployment on online public good provision. Specifically, we ask how … drastically increased unemployment affects voluntary contributions of content to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia. We put …