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, 2015 Activation policies aimed at getting working-age people off benefits and into work have become a buzzword in labour market policies. Yet they are defined and implemented differently across OECD countries, and their success rates vary too.
John P. Martin
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Immigrant Selection and Short-Term Labour Market Outcomes by Visa Category
Social Science Research Network, 2010 Immigrant Selection and Short-Term Labour Market Outcomes by Visa Category This paper studies the efficacy of immigrant selection based on skill requirements in the Canadian context.
A. Aydemir
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Youth unemployment in old Europe: the polar cases of France and Germany
Social Science Research Network, 2013 France and Germany are two polar cases in the European debate about rising youth unemployment. Similar to what can be observed in Southern European countries, a “lost generation” may arise in France.
Pierre Cahuc +3 more
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Do state work eligibility verification laws reduce unauthorized immigration?
, 2016 During the 2000s, several states adopted laws requiring employers to verify new employees’ eligibility to work legally in the USA. This study uses data from the 2005–2014 American Community Survey to examine how such laws affect unauthorized immigrants ...
P. Orrenius, M. Zavodny
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Introducing unemployment insurance to developing countries
, 2013 The paper analyzes key labor market and institutional features of developing countries that affect functioning of unemployment insurance: a large informal sector, weak administrative capacity, and large political risk.
Milan Vodopivec
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Microeconometric Evaluation of the Active Labour Market Policy in Switzerland
Social Science Research Network, 2000 Microeconometric Evaluation of the Active Labour Market Policy in Switzerland In the second part of the 1990’s Switzerland conducted an ambitious active labour market policy (ALMP) encompassing a wide variety of programmes.
M. Gerfin, M. Lechner
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Limbo or Leverage? Asylum Waiting and Refugee Integration
Social Science Research NetworkIZA DP No. 15063 FEBRUARY 2022 Limbo or Leverage? Asylum Waiting and Refugee Integration* We study the impact of asylum waiting, exploiting a rapid increase in processing times for asylum seekers to Sweden.
Olof Åslund +2 more
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Hanging in, but only just: part-time employment and in-work poverty throughout the crisis
, 2015 The crisis has deepened pre-existing concerns regarding low-wage and non-standard employment. Countries where unemployment increased most strongly during the crisis period also saw part-time employment increasing, particularly involuntary part-time work.
Jeroen Horemans, I. Marx, B. Nolan
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A decade of labour market reforms in the EU: insights from the LABREF database
, 2015 This paper analyses the main features and determinants of labour market reforms in the EU over the period of 2000–2011 using the European Commission LABREF database.
Alessandro Turrini +4 more
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The long-term earnings consequences of general vs. specific training of the unemployed
Social Science Research Network, 2015 Training programs for the unemployed typically involve training specific skills in demand amongst employers. In 1997, Swedish unemployed could also choose general schooling at the upper secondary level.
A. Stenberg, O. Westerlund
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