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Youth unemployment and employment trajectories in Spain during the Great Recession : what are the determinants?
Verd, Joan Miquel; Barranco, Oriol; Bolíbar, Mireia - In: Journal for labour market research 53 (2019) 4, pp. 1-20
Since the beginning of the recession period in Europe, unemployment has greatly affected the young adult population. In this context, Spain is regarded as an extreme case, due to its exceptionally high youth unemployment rates. This article seeks to identify the determinants that have led...
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Youth in Europe : unemployment falling but major labor market problems persist
Brenke, Karl - In: DIW economic bulletin 7 (2017) 45, pp. 455-464
In spring 2013, youth unemployment in the EU peaked and then declined sharply. Yet at least one in every six members of the economically active population between age 15 and 24 in the EU is still unemployed, and the unemployment rate among young persons is still 2.5 times higher than that of...
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The Effects of Vocational Training Programmes on the Duration of Unemployment in Eastern Germany
Hujer, Reinhard; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Zeiss, Christopher - 2004
This paper focuses on the effects of vocational training programmes on the duration of unemployment in Eastern Germany. We use information from administrative data of the Federal Employment Office. To allow for observable and possible unobservable influences we apply a multivariate mixed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261872
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The Knowledge Lift : The Swedish Adult Education Program That Aimed to Eliminate Low Worker Skill Levels
Albrecht, James; van den Berg, Gerard J.; Vroman, Susan - 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...
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The Effects of Vocational Training Programmes on the Duration of Unemployment in Eastern Germany
Hujer, Reinhard; Thomsen, Stephan L.; Zeiss, Christopher - 2021
This paper focuses on the effects of vocational training programmes on the duration of unemployment in Eastern Germany. We use information from administrative data of the Federal Employment Office. To allow for observable and possible unobservable influences we apply a multivariate mixed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319315
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A comparative analysis of the labour market performance of university‐educated immigrants in Australia, Canada, and the United States : does policy matter?
Clarke, Andrew; Ferrer, Ana M.; Skuterud, Mikal - 2018
We examine data from Australia, Canada, and the U.S. to inform the potential for immigrant screening policies to influence the labour market performance of skilled immigrants. Our estimates point to improvements in employment rates and weekly earnings of male university-educated immigrants in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011798252
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Do reemployment programs for the unemployed work for youth? : evidence from the Great Recession in the United States
Michaelides, Marios; Mueser, Peter R.; Smith, Jeffrey A. - 2020
We present experimental evidence on the effects of four U.S. reemployment programs for youth Unemployment Insurance (UI) recipients during the Great Recession. The three programs that emphasized monitoring and service referrals reduced UI receipt but had minimal effects on employment and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012232672
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Do Reemployment Programs for the Unemployed Work for Youth? Evidence from the Great Recession in the United States
Michaelides, Marios - 2020
We present experimental evidence on the effects of four U.S. reemployment programs for youth Unemployment Insurance (UI) recipients during the Great Recession. The three programs that emphasized monitoring and service referrals reduced UI receipt but had minimal effects on employment and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012831978
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Do reemployment programs for the unemployed work for youth? : evidence from the Great Recession in the United States
Michaelides, Marios; Mueser, Peter R.; Smith, Jeffrey A. - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012390790
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Wage divergence and unemployment : the impact of insider power and training costs
Muysken, Joan; Zwick, Thomas - 2000
general equilibrium model, this paper shows that skilled insiders in the USA enjoy higher rents and increase the skilled wage … outsiders in the USA do not possess a powerful credible threat to improve their position. This is a consequence from higher … training and education costs in the USA for unskilled employees and unemployed. In Germany, the lower skill wage mark-up leads …
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