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Unemployment benefits and job match quality
Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) July, pp. 1-10
by increasing the time and resources available to an individual to obtain a better job. …
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Do case workers help the unemployed?
Rosholm, Michael - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) August, pp. 1-10
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries spend, on average, an equivalent of 0.4% of their gross domestic product on active and passive labor market policies. This is a non-negligible sum, especially in times of strained government budgets. Meetings with case...
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Unemployment benefits and job match quality
Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
by increasing the time and resources available to an individual to obtain a better job. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404864
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Do case workers help the unemployed?
Rosholm, Michael - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries spend, on average, an equivalent of 0.4% of their gross domestic product on active and passive labor market policies. This is a non-negligible sum, especially in times of strained government budgets. Meetings with case workers -...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011404900
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Should severance pay be consistent for all workers?
Pérez, J. Ignacio García - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
tenure on the job. …
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Job search monitoring and assistance for the unemployed
Marinescu, Ioana E. - In: IZA World of Labor (2017)
In many countries, reducing unemployment is among the most important policy goals. In this context, monitoring job … search by the unemployed and providing job search assistance can play a crucial role. However, more and more stringent … less stable and lower-paying jobs. Tying “moderate” monitoring to job search assistance may be the essential ingredient to …
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The labor market in Ireland, 2000-2018
Bergin, Adele; Kelly, Elish; Redmond, Paul - In: IZA World of Labor (2020)
Ireland was hit particularly hard by the global financial crisis, with severe impacts on the labor market. Between 2007 and 2013, the unemployment rate increased dramatically, from 5% to 15.5%, and the labor force participation rate declined by almost five percentage points between 2007 and...
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The labor market in Ireland, 2000-2016
Bergin, Adele; Kelly, Elish - In: IZA World of Labor (2018)
Ireland was hit particularly hard by the global financial crisis, with severe impacts on the labor market. The unemployment rate increased dramatically, and the labor force participation rate declined by four percentage points between 2007 and 2012. Outward migration re-emerged as a safety valve...
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Structural or cyclic? Labor markets in recessions
Lazear, Edward P. - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) August, pp. 1-10
Persistent unemployment after recessions and the policies required to bring it down are the subject of an ongoing debate. One view suggests there are fundamental changes in the labor market that imply a long-term higher rate of unemployment, requiring the implementation of structural policy...
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The impact of monitoring and sanctioning on unemployment exit and job-finding rates
McVicar, Duncan - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) July, pp. 1-10
Unemployment benefits often reduce incentives to search for a job. Policymakers have responded to this behaviour by … setting minimum job search requirements, by monitoring to check that unemployment benefit recipients are engaged in the … appropriate level of job search activity, and by imposing sanctions for infractions. Empirical studies consistently show that job …
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