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Julien Pouget - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Estimating the effect of a retraining program on the re-Employment Rate of displaced workers
    Empirical Economics, 2010
    Co-Authors: Sandra Cavaco, Denis Fougère, Julien Pouget
    Abstract:

    In this article, we estimate the effects of a French retraining program on the re-Employment Rate of displaced workers by matching techniques. This program, called ‘Conventions de conversion’, was intended to improve re-Employment prospects of displaced workers by proposing them retraining and job seeking assistance for a period of 6 months beginning just after the dismissal. Our empirical analysis is based upon non-experimental data collected by the French Ministry of Labour. Matching estimates show that this program succeeded in increasing the Employment Rate of trainees by approximately 6 points of percentage in the medium-term, namely in the 2nd and 3rd years after the date of entry into the program. This improvement is essentially due to an increase of their re-Employment Rate in regular jobs, namely jobs under long-term labour contracts.

  • estimating the effect of a retraining program on the re Employment Rate of displaced workers
    Social Science Research Network, 2009
    Co-Authors: Sandra Cavaco, Denis Fougère, Julien Pouget
    Abstract:

    In this paper we estimate by matching techniques the effects of a French retraining program on the reEmployment Rate of displaced workers. This program, called "Conventions de conversion", was intended to improve reEmployment prospects of displaced workers by proposing them retraining and job seeking assistance for a period of six months beginning just after the dismissal. Our empirical analysis is based upon non-experimental data collected by the French Ministry of Labour. Matching estimates show that this program succeeded in increasing the Employment Rate of trainees by approximately 6 points of percentage in the medium-term, namely in the second and third years after the date of entry into the program. This improvement is essentially due to an increase of their reEmployment Rate in regular jobs, namely jobs under long-term labour contracts.

Bruno Van Der Linden - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • did the intergenerational solidarity pact increase the Employment Rate of older workers in belgium a macro econometric evaluation
    IZA Journal of Labor Policy, 2015
    Co-Authors: Muriel Dejemeppe, Catherine Smith, Bruno Van Der Linden
    Abstract:

    In December 2005, the Belgian government adopted the law on the Intergenerational Solidarity Pact (ISP) aimed at increasing the Employment Rate of older workers. The main policies of the ISP consist of a pension bonus, reductions in employers’ social security contributions and measures discouraging early retirement while encouraging working time reductions at the end of the career. We aim at evaluating the overall effectiveness of the ISP in raising the Employment Rate of older workers. To that purpose, we compare the actual evolution of the Employment Rate after the implementation of the policies to its predicted (counterfactual) evolution based on the estimation of a macro-econometric model in a period prior to the ISP. The results suggest a slight positive impact of the ISP on the Employment Rate of older workers but to the detriment of the younger workers. However, there is a lack of statistical power to draw firm conclusions on the overall effect of the ISP.

  • did the intergenerational solidarity pact increase the Employment Rate of older workers in belgium a macro econometric evaluation
    Social Science Research Network, 2015
    Co-Authors: Muriel Dejemeppe, Catherine Smith, Bruno Van Der Linden
    Abstract:

    In December 2005, the Belgian government adopted the law on the Intergenerational Solidarity Pact (ISP) aiming at increasing the Employment Rate of older workers. The main policies of the ISP consist in a pension bonus, reductions in employers' social security contributions and measures discouraging early retirement while encouraging working time reductions at the end of the career. We aim at evaluating the overall effectiveness of the ISP in rising the Employment Rate of older workers. To that purpose, we compare the actual evolution of the Employment Rate after the implementation of the policies to its predicted (counterfactual) evolution based on the estimation of a macroeconometric model in a period prior to the ISP. The results suggest a slight positive impact of the ISP on the Employment Rate of older workers but to the detriment of the younger workers. However, there is a lack of statistical power to draw firm conclusions on the overall effect of the ISP.

  • Did the Intergenerational Solidarity Pact increase the Employment Rate of older workers in Belgium? A macro-econometric evaluation
    Research Papers in Economics, 2015
    Co-Authors: Muriel Dejemeppe, Catherine Smith, Bruno Van Der Linden
    Abstract:

    In December 2005, the Belgian government adopted the law on the Intergenerational Solidarity Pact (ISP) with the objective to increase the Employment Rate of the elderly. In order to meet that objective, several active ageing policies and reforms were taken. The aim of this paper is to investigate the overall effectiveness of the ISP in rising the elderly Employment Rate by gender. Two methods are used. Both rely on a macro-econometric model which explains the evolution of the elderly Employment Rate by the economic conditions. The first method uses forecasts of the macro-econometric model as an indicator of the value the Employment Rate would have taken in the absence of the policies. The second method tests for the presence of structural breaks after the introduction of the main policies of the ISP. The results of the first method suggest a positive impact of the policies on elderly Employment Rate which is slightly larger for men, and a negative impact on younger men's Employment Rate, suggesting a substitution effect. These effects are however too small to be statistically significant. Using the second method, no structural break is found.

Elena Stancanelli - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • evaluating the impact of the french tax credit on the Employment Rate of women
    Journal of Public Economics, 2008
    Co-Authors: Elena Stancanelli
    Abstract:

    Abstract This paper investigates the Employment impact of a new tax-credit programme that was put in place in France in 2001. According to the theoretical labour supply model, tax credits will have a positive effect on individual labour market participation as they increase the rewards from work. However, tax credits may discourage married women's participation mainly due to income effects. We analyse the introduction of the French measure by adopting a non-experimental evaluation method. Various treatment and control groups are defined. The first specification adopted relies on the policy eligibility rules for the construction of the control and treatment groups. The others hinge, respectively, on marital status, for women in couple-households, and on the presence of children, for single women. We find evidence of a negative Employment effect for married women, with a reduction of about three percentage points in the Employment Rate after the introduction of the policy. In particular, it seems to be the conditioning on total household resources that discourages married women's labour market participation. On the contrary, the Employment impact of the measure is positive for cohabiting women and twice as large. The policy effect is very small and statistically not significant for single women. The net impact of the introduction of the tax credit on the total Employment of women is very marginal, amounting to the creation of about two thousand new jobs.

  • Evaluating the Impact of the French tax credit on the Employment Rate of women
    2007
    Co-Authors: Elena Stancanelli
    Abstract:

    This paper investigates the Employment impact of a new tax-credit programme that was put in place in France in 2001. We study the introduction of both this measure and a later reform in 2004 that made the tax credit cashable in advance upon returning to work. We adopt a non-experimental evaluation method. The data for the analysis are drawn from the French Labour Force Surveys over the period 1999 to 2005. Due to the break in the French LFS series in 2003, we analyze sepaRately the two periods 1999-2002 and 2003-05, as well as pooling the data over 1999-2005, under particular assumptions. We find evidence of a significantly negative Employment effect for married women, with a reduction of about 3.2-3.4 percentage points in their Employment Rate after the introduction of the policy. The impact is positive and weakly significant for cohabiting women, while positive but statistically insignificant for lone mothers. We do not find any evidence of an additional effect of the tax credit due to the cashable advance credit reform of 2004.

Denis Fougère - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Estimating the effect of a retraining program on the re-Employment Rate of displaced workers
    Empirical Economics, 2010
    Co-Authors: Sandra Cavaco, Denis Fougère, Julien Pouget
    Abstract:

    In this article, we estimate the effects of a French retraining program on the re-Employment Rate of displaced workers by matching techniques. This program, called ‘Conventions de conversion’, was intended to improve re-Employment prospects of displaced workers by proposing them retraining and job seeking assistance for a period of 6 months beginning just after the dismissal. Our empirical analysis is based upon non-experimental data collected by the French Ministry of Labour. Matching estimates show that this program succeeded in increasing the Employment Rate of trainees by approximately 6 points of percentage in the medium-term, namely in the 2nd and 3rd years after the date of entry into the program. This improvement is essentially due to an increase of their re-Employment Rate in regular jobs, namely jobs under long-term labour contracts.

  • estimating the effect of a retraining program on the re Employment Rate of displaced workers
    Social Science Research Network, 2009
    Co-Authors: Sandra Cavaco, Denis Fougère, Julien Pouget
    Abstract:

    In this paper we estimate by matching techniques the effects of a French retraining program on the reEmployment Rate of displaced workers. This program, called "Conventions de conversion", was intended to improve reEmployment prospects of displaced workers by proposing them retraining and job seeking assistance for a period of six months beginning just after the dismissal. Our empirical analysis is based upon non-experimental data collected by the French Ministry of Labour. Matching estimates show that this program succeeded in increasing the Employment Rate of trainees by approximately 6 points of percentage in the medium-term, namely in the second and third years after the date of entry into the program. This improvement is essentially due to an increase of their reEmployment Rate in regular jobs, namely jobs under long-term labour contracts.

Zhang Jia - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.