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IZA Discussion Paper No. 14024
Job Placement via Private vs. Public Employment Agencies: Investigating Selection Effects and Job Match Quality in Germany
Adam Ayaita, Christian Grund, Lisa Pütz
IZA Discussion Paper No. 12662
The Quasi-Market of Employment Services in Italy
Francesco Pastore
published in: Journal of Policy Modeling, 2020, 42 (6), 1248-1269.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11385
Explaining the MENA Paradox: Rising Educational Attainment, Yet Stagnant Female Labor Force Participation
Ragui Assaad, Rana Hendy, Moundir Lassassi, Shaimaa Yassin
IZA Discussion Paper No. 11255
The Impact of Public Employment: Evidence from Bonn
Sascha O. Becker, Stephan Heblich, Daniel M. Sturm
forthcoming in: Journal of Urban Economics, 2021
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9965
Public Wages, Public Employment, and Business Cycle Volatility: Evidence from U.S. Metro Areas
Claire A. Boeing-Reicher, Vincenzo Caponi
IZA Discussion Paper No. 9575
The Effectiveness of Early Vacancy Information in the Presence of Monitoring and ALMP
Ricarda Schmidl
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8600
Reemployment and Substitution Effects from Increased Activation: Evidence from Times of Crisis
Pedro S. Martins, Sofia Pessoa e Costa
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8511
Public Employment Policies and Regional Unemployment Differences
Vincenzo Caponi
(revised version forthcoming in: Regional Science and Urban Economics)
IZA Discussion Paper No. 8268
Human Capital and the Size Distribution of Firms
Pedro Maia Gomes, Zoë Kuehn
Published in Review of Economic Dynamics, 2017, 26 , pp. 164-179.
IZA Discussion Paper No. 6449
The Regional Distribution of Public Employment: Theory and Evidence
Sebastian G. Kessing, Chiara Strozzi
revised and updated version published in: Regional Studies, 2017, 51 (7), 1100-1114
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5177
Stimulating Local Public Employment: Do General Grants Work?
Heléne Lundqvist, Matz Dahlberg, Eva Mörk
IZA Discussion Paper No. 5170
The Dilemma of Delegating Search: Budgeting in Public Employment Services
John T. Addison, Martin Altemeyer-Bartscher, Thomas Kuhn
IZA Discussion Paper No. 4994
Public Employment and Political Pressure: The Case of French Hospitals
Andrew E. Clark, Carine Milcent
published in: Journal of Health Economics, 2011, 30 (5), 1103-1112
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3437
A Caseworker Like Me: Does the Similarity between Unemployed and Caseworker Increase Job Placements?
Stefanie Behncke, Markus Frölich, Michael Lechner
published in: Economic Journal, 2010, 120(549), 1430-1459
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3149
Unemployed and Their Caseworkers: Should They Be Friends or Foes?
Stefanie Behncke, Markus Frölich, Michael Lechner
published in: Journal of Royal Statistical Society, Series A (Statistics in Society), 2010, 173 (1), 67-92
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3085
Targeting Labour Market Programmes: Results from a Randomized Experiment
Stefanie Behncke, Markus Frölich, Michael Lechner
published in: Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik / Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 2009, 145 (3), 221-268
IZA Discussion Paper No. 3005
Public Employment Services and Employers: How Important Are Networks with Firms?
Stefanie Behncke, Markus Frölich, Michael Lechner
published in: Zeitschrift für Betriebswirtschaft, 2008, 1, 151-178
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1825
Does Job-Search Assistance Affect Search Effort and Outcomes? A Microeconometric Analysis of Public versus Private Search Methods
Denis Fougère, Jacqueline Pradel, Muriel Roger
published in: European Economic Review, 2009, 53 (7), 846-869
IZA Discussion Paper No. 1335
Effective Active Labor Market Policies
Jan Boone, Jan C. van Ours
published as 'Bringing Unemployed Back to Work: Effective Active Labor Market Policies' in: De Economist, 2007, 157 (3), 293-313
IZA Discussion Paper No. 161
Public Employment and Redistributive Politics: Evidence from Russia’s Regions
Vladimir Gimpelson, Daniel Treisman, Galina Monusova
revised version published as 'Fiscal Games and Public Employment: A Theory with Evidence from Russia' in: World Politics, 2002, 54 (2), 145-183
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