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The IZA Evaluation Dataset : Towards Evidence-Based Labor Policy-Making
Caliendo, Marco - 2011
Germany from 2001 to 2008 and contains around 920,000 individuals. The complementary survey covers a panel of more than 17 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013131930
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A cross-country comparison of labor market frictions
Ridder, Geert; Berg, Gerard J. van den - 2002
In this paper we define and estimate measures of labor market frictions using data on job durations. We compare different estimation methods and different types of data. We propose and apply an unconditional inference method that can be applied to aggregate duration data. It does not require...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011574924
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The iceberg decomposition: a parsimonious way to map the health of labour markets
Baert, Stijn - 2020
This article introduces the metaphor of the iceberg in the labour market. While policy in most OECD countries has historically focussed on reducing unemployment (the tip of the iceberg), the group of inactive people (below the waterline) is much larger. Therefore, we point to the clear...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012254253
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What shifts did Covid-19 year 2020 bring to the labour market in Europe?
Baert, Stijn - 2021
This article discusses the evolution of key labour market indicators in the EU-27 countries between 2019 and 2020, i.e. between the year before the covid-19 crisis broke out and the year in which it impacted the economy heavily. Whereas earlier policy-oriented studies have dealt with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012505164
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The iceberg decomposition : a parsimonious way tomap the health of labour markets
Baert, Stijn - 2020
This article introduces the metaphor of the iceberg in the labour market. While policy in most OECD countries has historically focussed on reducing unemployment (the tip of the iceberg), the group of inactive people (below the waterline) is much larger. Therefore, we point to the clear...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012249694
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How far from full employment? : the European unemployment problem revisited
Gökten, Meryem; Heimberger, Philipp; Lichtenberger, Andreas - 2024
crisis, but few countries hit full employment. Panel regressions highlight that hysteresis, labour market institutions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014507179
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Matching Efficiency and Labour Market Heterogeneity in the United Kingdom
Pizzinelli, Carlo - 2017
This paper investigates how compositional changes in the UK labour market affect the matching process between vacancies … and job seekers. We augment a state space representation of the aggregate matching function with a measure of job seekers … developments in the literature. The baseline results show that matching efficiency declined by around 15% between 1995 and 2010 but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012950327
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Do job creation schemes improve the social integration and well-being of the long-term unemployed?
Ivanov, Boris; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Pohlan, Laura - 2019
In this paper we analyze the effects of a German job creation scheme (JCS) on the social integration and well-being of long-term unemployed individuals. Using linked survey and administrative data for participants and a group of matched non-participants, we find significant positive effects of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012118755
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Contracting out mandatory counselling and training for long-term unemployed : private for-profit or non-profit, or keep it public?
Cockx, Bart; Baert, Stijn - 2015
This study evaluates the effectiveness of contracting out mandatory publicly provided counselling and training for long-term unemployed in Flanders (Belgium) to private for-profit and non-profit organisations (FPOs and NPOs). A multivariate transition model exploits timing-of-events and novel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011376305
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A European perspective on long‐term unemployment
Eichhorst, Werner; Neder, Franziska; Tobsch, Verena; … - 2015
In contrast to the recently decreasing unemployment rates in the EU, long-term unemployment remains at alarming levels. An economic recovery will not be sufficient to get all long-term unemployed back to work; rather, there is a need for effective policies addressing the long-term unemployed. To...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011333578