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Youth labour markets in Europe and Central Asia
Transition to the market economy in [Europe and Central Asia] ECA opened up a range of potential opportunities for ... Show more
Date: 2010
Geographic subjects: Asia; Europe
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Youth; Employment; Economics ... [+] Show more
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The employment of mothers: recent developments and their determinants in East and West Germany
We apply German Mikrozensus data for the period 1996 to 2004 to investigate the employment status of mothers. Speci ... Show more
Date: 2011
Geographic subjects: Germany; Europe
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Employment; Gender; Policy ... [+] Show more
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Active labor market policy effects in a dynamic setting
This paper implements a method to identify and estimate treatment effects in a dynamic setting where treatments may ... Show more
Date: 2008
Geographic subjects: Europe; France
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Participation; Labour market; Outcomes ... [+] Show more
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Are training programs more effective when unemployment is high?
We estimate short, medium, and long-run individual labor market effects of training programs for unemployed by foll ... Show more
Date: 2006
Geographic subjects: Europe; Germany
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Labour market; Statistics; Employment ... [+] Show more
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The success of job applications: a new approach to program evaluation
In this paper, we suggest a novel approach to program evaluation that allows identification of the causal effect of ... Show more
Date: 2004
Geographic subjects: Europe; Switzerland
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Labour market; Skills and knowledge; Statistics ... [+] Show more
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Is short-time work a good method to keep unemployment down?
Short-time work compensation aims at reducing lay-offs by allowing employers to temporarily reduce hours worked whi ... Show more
Date: 2011
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Employment; Policy; Economics
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Short-time work: the German answer to the great recession
Short-time work was the 'German answer' to the economic crisis. The number of short-time workers strongly increased ... Show more
Date: 2011
Geographic subjects: Germany; Europe
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Employment; Labour market; Policy ... [+] Show more
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The transition from work to retirement
The European Employment Strategy has set the goal of raising the retirement age of workers in the [European Union] ... Show more
Date: 2011
Geographic subjects: Europe; Germany
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Employment; Policy; Lifelong learning
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The changing nature of the school-to-work transition process in OECD countries
Despite the fact that today’s young cohorts are smaller in number and better educated than their older counterparts ... Show more
Date: 2007
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Youth; Innovation; Performance ... [+] Show more
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Skill policies for Scotland
This paper argues that skill formation is a life-cycle process and develops the implications of this insight for Sc ... Show more
Date: 2004
Geographic subjects: Europe; Great Britain; Scotland
Resource type: Report, paper or authored book
Series name: IZA discussion paper
Subjects: Employment; Skills and knowledge; Income ... [+] Show more