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Tackling disabilities in young age : policies that work
Simson, Kristine von; Hardoy, Inés - In: IZA journal of labor policy 10 (2020) 1/13, pp. 1-27
Work impairment is an increasing concern in advanced economies, particularly among young people. Activation, rather than passively providing economic support, is often regarded as the preferred strategy for addressing this issue. However, little is known about which measures are effective for...
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Intentions to participate in adolescent Training Programs: Evidence from Uganda
Bandiera, Oriana; Gulesci, Selim; Burgess, Robin; … - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2009
Almost one third of the population in developing countries is under age 15. Hence improvingthe effectiveness of policy interventions that target adolescents might be especiallyimportant. We analyze the intention to participate in training programs of adolescent girlsin Uganda, a country with...
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Training the Unemployed in France: How Does ItAffect Unemployment Duration and Recurrence?
Crépon, Bruno; Ferracci, Marc; Fougère, Denis - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Econometric evaluations of public-sponsored training programmes generally find littleevidence of an impact of such policies on transition rates out of unemployment. We performthe first evaluation of training effects for the unemployed adults in France, exploiting a uniquelongitudinal dataset...
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Immigrant-native differences in welfare participation : the role of entry and exit rates
Hansen, Jörgen (contributor); Lofstrom, Magnus (contributor) - 2006
This paper analyzes differences in welfare transitions between natives and immigrants in Sweden using a large representative panel data set, LINDA, for the years 1991 to 2001. The data contains administrative information on welfare use, country of birth, and time of arrival in Sweden among other...
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Lone mothers' participation in labor market programs for means-tested benefit recipients in Germany
Zabel, Cordula - Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB) - 2011
"This paper examines participation in labor market programs such as job subsidies, workfare, and training programs by …. In the case of programs that give more direct support for entering regular employment, like job subsidies and in …
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Young beneficiaries' routes off benefits through labour market integration : the case of Germany
Schels, Brigitte - In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for … 44 (2011) 3, pp. 261-278
"The study explores routes off benefits through labour market integration for young adults in Germany. Policies for young people are focused on a rapid integration into employment or training to prevent long-term benefits dependency. The causes of long-term benefits receipt can be related to...
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How to Stimulate Single Mothers on Welfare to Find a Job: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Knoef, Marike; Ours, Jan C. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We present the results from a natural experiment in which single mothers on welfare were stimulated to find a job. Two … policy instruments were introduced: an earnings disregard and job creation. The experiment was performed at the level of … and some groups of native single mothers we find a positive employment effect of an earnings disregard. Job creation in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010775111
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Young beneficiaries' routes off benefits through labour market integration : the case of Germany
Schels, Brigitte - In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for … 44 (2011) 3, pp. 261-278
"The study explores routes off benefits through labour market integration for young adults in Germany. Policies for young people are focused on a rapid integration into employment or training to prevent long-term benefits dependency. The causes of long-term benefits receipt can be related to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010732121
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Time aggregation and state dependence in welfare receipt
Bhuller, Manudeep; Brinch, Christian N.; Königs, Sebastian - Statistisk Sentralbyrå, Government of Norway - 2014
Dynamic discrete-choice models have been an important tool in studies of state dependence in benefit receipt. An assumption of such models is that benefit receipt sequences follow a conditional Markov process. This property has implications for how estimated period-to-period benefit transition...
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A comparative analysis on the relationship between benefits generosity, search requirements and unemployment duration
Corsini, Lorenzo - Dipartimento di Scienze per l'Economia e l'Impresa, … - 2013
-employment probability and 3) employment counseling and monitoring of job search can increase re-employment probability during the whole …
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