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A Caseworker Like Me - Does the Similarity between Unemployed and Caseworker Increase Job Placements?
Behncke, Stefanie; Frölich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - 2008
This paper examines whether the chances of job placements improve if unemployed persons are counselled by caseworkers who belong to the same social group, defined by gender, age, education, and nationality. Based on an unusually informative dataset, which links Swiss unemployed to their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014218976
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A Caseworker Like Me : Does the Similarity between Unemployed and Caseworker Increase Job Placements?
Behncke, Stefanie; Frölich, Markus; Lechner, Michael - 2021
This paper examines whether the chances of job placements improve if unemployed persons are counselled by caseworkers who belong to the same social group, defined by gender, age, education, and nationality. Based on an unusually informative dataset, which links Swiss unemployed to their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013324827
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The effectiveness of regional active labour market policies to fight against unemployment: an analysis for Catalonia
Ramos, Raúl; Suriñach, Jordi; Artís, Manuel - 2009
The aim of this work is to assess the effectiveness of active labour market policies carried out by the Catalan Public Employment Services (SOC) during the year 2005. The results obtained from the application of matching techniques show that the probability of finding a job for an individual who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276709
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The effectiveness of regional active labour market policies to fight against unemployment : an analysis for Catalonia
Ramos, Raúl; Suriñach Caralt, Jordi; Artís Ortuño, … - 2009
combination of some of the actions. -- Active labour market policies ; unemployment ; propensity score matching …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003931337
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Direct and indirect effects of training vouchers for the unemployed
Huber, Martin; Lechner, Michael; Strittmatter, Anthony - 2015
This paper evaluates the effect of a voucher award system for assignment into vocational training on the employment outcomes of unemployed voucher recipients in Germany, along with the causal mechanisms through which it operates. It assesses the direct effect of voucher assignment net of actual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288531
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Job search requirements for older unemployed : transitions to employment, early retirement and disability benefits
Bloemen, Hans G.; Hochgürtel, Stefan; Lammers, Marloes - 2012 - This version: October 2012
In this paper, we use a recent policy change in the Netherlands to study how changes in search requirements for the older unemployed affect their transition rates to employment, early retirement and sickness/disability benefits. The reform, becoming effective on January 1st 2004, required the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011382704
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Job Search Requirements for Older Unemployed : Transitions to Employment, Early Retirement and Disability Benefits
Bloemen, Hans - 2011
In this paper, we use a recent policy change in the Netherlands to study how changes in search requirements for the older unemployed affect their transition rates to employment, early retirement and sickness/disability benefits. The reform, becoming effective on January 1st 2004, required the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131161
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The Effectiveness of Regional Active Labour Market Policies to Fight Against Unemployment : An Analysis for Catalonia
Ramos, Raul - 2009
The aim of this work is to assess the effectiveness of active labour market policies carried out by the Catalan Public Employment Services (SOC) during the year 2005. The results obtained from the application of matching techniques show that the probability of finding a job for an individual who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013153009
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Direct and Indirect Effects of Training Vouchers for the Unemployed
Huber, Martin - 2015
This paper evaluates the effect of a voucher award system for assignment into vocational training on the employment outcomes of unemployed voucher recipients in Germany, along with the causal mechanisms through which it operates. It assesses the direct effect of voucher assignment net of actual...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013016357
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Structural empirical evaluation of job search monitoring
Berg, Gerard J. van den; Klaauw, Bas van der - 2013
. The data are from a randomized experiment conducted in the Netherlands. They include registers of post-unemployment … monitoring effects on post-unemployment outcomes. We find that the option to climb the job ladder reduces substitution between … search channels during unemployment and compensates for adverse long-run effects of monitoring on wages. We use the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010212978