find much scope for improving the design of key labor market institutions-including collective bargaining and employment …Raising South Africa's low employment rate to levels seen in emerging market or advanced economy peers could raise GDP …

The integration of active labour market policies within income support schemes - such as unemployment insurance and …

Canada's Youth Hires program was a targeted employment subsidy that rebated employment insurance premiums to employers … datasets statistically and economically significant employment impacts are observed. Most of the evidence suggests that the 2 …-2.4 weeks of increased employment resulted from an aggregate reduction in those not in the labour force, with at most a modest …

We present experimental evidence on the effects of four U.S. reemployment programs for youth Unemployment Insurance (UI … had minimal effects on employment and earnings; these programs mainly induced the early exit of participants. The fourth … increased employment and earnings. Both early participant exits and effective job counseling underlie these impacts. We conclude …

high number of poorly qualified long-term unemployed, skills mismatches and a high school drop-out rate, and insufficient …

workers. Since youth unemployment is a pressing problem throughout advanced and developing countries, it is important to … consider the impact of these policies on the employment prospects of the young. …

workers. Since youth unemployment is a pressing problem throughout advanced and developing countries, it is important to … consider the impact of these policies on the employment prospects of the young. …