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The Aggregate Labor Market Effects of the Swedish Knowledge Lift Program
Albrecht, James; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Vroman, Susan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift (1997-2002) was unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of large numbers of lowskill workers. This paper evaluates the potential effects of this program on aggregate labor market outcomes. This is done...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822408
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A cross-country comparison of labor market frictions
Ridder, Geert; Berg, Gerard J. van den - 2002
we examine the policy effects of the minimum wage, unemployment benefits and search frictions. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011574924
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Stepping-stones for the unemployed : the effect of temporary jobs on the duration until regular work
Graaf-Zijl, Marloes de; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Heyma, … - 2004
Individual labour market transitions from unemployment into temporary work are often succeeded by a transition from … unemployment to temporary jobs and unobserved determinants of the transition rates. The data contain multiple spells in labour … unemployment and they substantially increase the fraction of unemployed workers who have regular work within a few years after …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011575181
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Combining micro and macro unemployment duration data
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Klaauw, Bas van der - 1998
We combine micro and macro unemployment duration data to study the effects of the business cycle on the outflow from … unemployment. We allow the cycle to affect individual exit probabilities of unemployed workers as well as the composition of the … total inflow into unemployment. We estimate the model using (micro) survey data and (macro) administrative data from France …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011299970
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Combining micro and macro unemployment duration data
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Klaauw, Bas van der - 2000
We combine micro and macro unemployment duration data to study the effects of the business cycle on the outflow from … unemployment. We allow the cycle to affect individual exit probabilities of unemployed workers as well as the composition of the … total inflow into unemployment. We estimate the model using (micro) survey data and (macro) administrative data from France …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011318596
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Mandatory integration agreements for unemployed job seekers: a randomized controlled field experiment in Germany
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Hofmann, Barbara; Stephan, Gesine - 2021
In the German unemployment insurance system, Integration Agreements (IA) are mandatory contracts between the employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012415082
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Mandatory integration agreements for unemployed job seekers: a randomized controlled field experiment in Germany
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Hofmann, Barbara; Stephan, Gesine - 2021
Integration Agreement (IA) are contracts between the employment agency and the unemployed, nudging the latter to comply with rules on search behavior. We designed and implemented an RCT involving thousands of newly unemployed workers, randomizing at the individual level both the timing of the IA...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012496735
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Active Labor Market Policy Effects for Women in Europe: A Survey
Bergemann, Annette; Berg, Gerard J. van den - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We survey the recent literature on the effects of active labor market policies on individual labor market outcomes like employment and income, for adult female individuals without work in European countries. We consider skill-training programs, monitoring and sanctions, job search assistance,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703577
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Reciprocity and the interaction between the unemployed and the caseworker
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Kesternich, Iris; Müller, Gerrit - 2019
We investigate how negatively reciprocal traits of unemployed individuals interact with "sticks" policies imposing constraints on individual job search effort in the context of the German welfare system. For this we merge survey data of long-term unemployed individuals, containing indicators of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012123073
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Reciprocity and the interaction between the unemployed and the caseworker
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Kesternich, Iris; Müller, Gerrit - 2019
We investigate how negatively reciprocal traits of unemployed individuals interact with "sticks" policies imposing constraints on individual job search effort in the context of the German welfare system. For this we merge survey data of long-term unemployed individuals, containing indicators of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012147015