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Kyklos, Volume 78, Issue 3, Page 1070-1090, August 2025.ABSTRACT This study examines how the impact of economic conditions on criminal activity is mitigated by the presence of labour market policies and that of a sizeable shadow economy. The analysis reveals a positive relationship between economic downturns and property crime, supporting the well‐documented idea that economic hardships intensify criminal ...
Alban Asllani +2 more
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The Effectiveness of Early Vacancy Information in the Presence of Monitoring and ALMP [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015 This paper studies the effectiveness of vacancy information from the public employment services (PES) in Germany, focussing on vacancy information obtained early in the unemployment spell. As in many other countries, the German activation practice combines information provision with monitoring to increase the willingness to apply.
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The Novikov conjecture on Cheeger spaces [PDF]
, 2016 We prove the Novikov conjecture on oriented Cheeger spaces whose fundamental group satisfies the strong Novikov conjecture. A Cheeger space is a stratified pseudomanifold admitting, through a choice of ideal boundary conditions, an L2-de Rham cohomology ...
Albin, Pierre +3 more
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International Journal of Social Welfare, Volume 34, Issue 3, July 2025.Abstract This paper sheds light on the trajectories of working‐age beneficiaries of means‐tested minimum income schemes (MIS) regarding employment, activation, and benefit receipt. For this purpose, we address two main questions: What types of trajectories can be identified in the MIS in terms of spell length, access to employment, and labor activation?
Laureano Martínez, Victoria Bogino
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From Employment to Employability: the Role of Active Labor Market Policies in Croatia [PDF]
High unemployment represents striking economic failures that are costly not only to individuals directly affected, but also to the economy and society as a whole.
Ivana Barkovic
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Evaluating the impact of an active labour market policy on employment: short- and long-term perspectives [PDF]
, 2018 The Labour Market Insertion Contract was an Active Labour Market Policy introduced in Spain. It was aimed at individuals who had difficulties entering the labour market, and it was introduced with the purpose of reducing the rate of unemployment.
Cansino Muñoz-Repiso, José Manuel +2 more
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Conventional wisdom, meta‐analysis, and research revision in economics
Journal of Economic Surveys, Volume 39, Issue 3, Page 980-999, July 2025.Abstract Over the past several decades, meta‐analysis has emerged as a widely accepted tool to understand economics research. Meta‐analyses often challenge the established conventional wisdom of their respective fields. We systematically review a wide range of influential meta‐analyses in economics and compare them to “conventional wisdom.” After ...
Sebastian Gechert +9 more
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Digital welfare‐to‐work in the global south: A case of Indonesian pre‐employment card program
Australian Journal of Social Issues, Volume 60, Issue 2, Page 473-489, June 2025.Abstract The worldwide movement toward digitisation in public service delivery presents a range of opportunities and risks. The potential benefits include improved efficiency, more consistent service delivery decisions and enhanced responsiveness to citizens' demand.
Phuc Nguyen +3 more
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Does Performance Information Affect Job Seekers in Selecting Private Providers in Voucher-Based Almp Programs? [PDF]
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2015 One of the services provided at the Swedish Public Employment Services is job coaching. Since 2012, that service has been organized according to a voucher-based choice system. In 2013, a performance indicator of job coaching providers was made available at an online website.
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The effects of vocational training programmes on the duration of unemployment in Eastern Germany [PDF]
, 2005 Vocational training programmes have been the most important active labour market policy instrument in Germany in the last years. However, the still unsatisfying situation of the labour market has raised doubt on the efficiency of these programmes.
Hujer, Reinhard +2 more
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