Profiling the Unemployed
Profiling the Unemployed

Author: Richard Layte

Publisher: ESRI

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 0707002346

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Based on data from two regions in Ireland, identifies the probability that a new entrant to unemployment will become a long-term unemployed. Considers their education and training, the way they are looking for work, the distribution of unemployment durations, etc.

New European Approaches to Long-term Unemployment
New European Approaches to Long-term Unemployment

Author: Germana Di Domenico

Publisher: Kluwer Law International B.V.

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 9041126147

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This ground-breaking book presents incisive studies by sixteen leading academics, labour policymakers, employment services professionals, and employment researchers from Italy, the United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Belgium, and Poland. The articles provide an excellent overview of employment services experience throughout the EU, and demonstrate that careful application of active labour market measures can produce positive results in combating long-term unemployment. Notable for its emphasis on the proven power of cooperation among various stakeholders in reducing unemployment, New European Approaches to Long-Term Unemployment will be a welcome resource for employment services both public and private, other public labour and employment organisations, and employers, as well as to academics, lawyers, and other interested professionals. -- Provided by publisher.

Handbook of Labour Market Policy in Advanced Democracies
Handbook of Labour Market Policy in Advanced Democracies

Author: Daniel Clegg

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2023-10-06

Total Pages: 567

ISBN-13: 180088088X

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Bringing together contributions from leading labour market policy scholars from across the globe, this state-of-the-art Handbook offers extensive and compelling analyses of labour market policy in advanced democracies. This title contains one or more Open Access chapters.

Econometric Evaluation of Labour Market Policies
Econometric Evaluation of Labour Market Policies

Author: Michael Lechner

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 364257615X

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Empirical measurement of impacts of active labour market programmes has started to become a central task of economic researchers. New improved econometric methods have been developed that will probably influence future empirical work in various other fields of economics as well. This volume contains a selection of original papers from leading experts, among them James J. Heckman, Noble Prize Winner 2000 in economics, addressing these econometric issues at the theoretical and empirical level. The theoretical part contains papers on tight bounds of average treatment effects, instrumental variables estimators, impact measurement with multiple programme options and statistical profiling. The empirical part provides the reader with econometric evaluations of active labour market programmes in Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Slovak Republic and Sweden.

Solving the Reemployment Puzzle
Solving the Reemployment Puzzle

Author: Stephen A. Wandner

Publisher: W.E. Upjohn Institute

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 530

ISBN-13: 0880993642

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This book is about the interrelationships between research, policy, and programs that have dealt with the problems faced by experienced, Unemployed workers over the past 25 years. Much of its focus is on a series of social sci ence experiments that were conducted during the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Handbook of the Economics of Education
Handbook of the Economics of Education

Author: Eric A. Hanushek

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2016-04-27

Total Pages: 781

ISBN-13: 0444634673

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The volume of research into the economics of education has grown rapidly in recent years. In this comprehensive new Handbook, editors Eric Hanushek, Stephen Machin, and Ludger Woessmann assemble original contributions from leading researchers, addressing contemporary advances in the field. Each chapter illuminates major methodological and theoretical developments and directs the reader to productive new lines of research. As a result, these concise overviews of the existing literature offer an essential 'jumpstart' for both students and researchers alike. - Demonstrates how new methodologies are yielding fresh perspectives in education economics - Uses rich data to study issues of high contemporary policy relevance - Explores innovations in higher education, competition, and the uses of technology