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Michael Lechner - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a caseworker like me does the similarity between the Unemployed and their caseworkers increase job placements
The Economic Journal, 2010Co-Authors: Stefanie Behncke, Markus Frölich, Michael LechnerAbstract:This article examines whether the chances of job placements improve if the Unemployed are counselled by caseworkers who belong to the same social group, defined by gender, age, education and nationality. Based on an unusually informative dataset, which links Swiss Unemployed to their caseworkers, we find positive employment effects of about 3 percentage points if the caseworker and his Unemployed client belong to the same social group. Coincidence in a single characteristic, e.g., same gender of caseworker and Unemployed, does not lead to detectable effects on employment. These results, obtained by statistical matching methods, are confirmed by several robustness checks.
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A Caseworker Like Me – Does the Similarity between the Unemployed and Their Caseworkers Increase Job Placements?
The Economic Journal, 2010Co-Authors: Stefanie Behncke, Markus Frölich, Michael LechnerAbstract:This article examines whether the chances of job placements improve if the Unemployed are counselled by caseworkers who belong to the same social group, defined by gender, age, education and nationality. Based on an unusually informative dataset, which links Swiss Unemployed to their caseworkers, we find positive employment effects of about 3 percentage points if the caseworker and his Unemployed client belong to the same social group. Coincidence in a single characteristic, e.g., same gender of caseworker and Unemployed, does not lead to detectable effects on employment. These results, obtained by statistical matching methods, are confirmed by several robustness checks.
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A Caseworker Like Me: Does the Similarity between Unemployed and Caseworker Increase Job Placements?
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2008Co-Authors: Stefanie Behncke, Markus Frölich, Michael LechnerAbstract:This paper examines whether the chances of job placements improve if Unemployed persons are counselled by caseworkers who belong to the same social group, defined by gender, age, education, and nationality. Based on an unusually informative dataset, which links Swiss Unemployed to their caseworkers, we find positive employment effects of about 4 percentage points if caseworker and Unemployed belong to the same social group. Coincidence in a single characteristic, e.g. same gender of caseworker and Unemployed, does not lead to detectable effects on employment. These results, obtained by statistical matching methods, are confirmed by several robustness checks.
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does subsidised temporary employment get the Unemployed back to work aneconometric analysis of two different schemes
Labour Economics, 2005Co-Authors: Michael Gerfin, Michael Lechner, Heidi SteigerAbstract:Abstract Subsidised employment is an important tool of active labour market policies to improve the reemployment chances of the Unemployed. Using unusually informative individual data from administrative records, we investigate the effects of two different schemes of subsidised temporary employment implemented in Switzerland: non-profit employment programmes (EP) and a subsidy for temporary jobs (TEMP) in private and public firms. Econometric matching methods show that TEMP is more successful than EP in getting the Unemployed back to work. Compared to not participating in any programme, EP and TEMP are ineffective for Unemployed who find jobs easily anyway or have a short unemployment spell. For potential and actual long-term Unemployed, both programmes may have positive effects, but the effect of TEMP is larger.
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does subsidised temporary employment get the Unemployed back to work an econometric analysis of two different schemes
Diskussionsschriften, 2003Co-Authors: Michael Gerfin, Michael Lechner, Heidi SteigerAbstract:Subsidised employment is an important tool of active labour market policies to improve the reemployment chances of the Unemployed. Using unusually informative individual data from administrative records we investigate the effects of two different schemes of subsidised temporary employment implemented in Switzerland: non-profit employment programmes (EP) and a subsidy for temporary jobs (TEMP) in private and public firms. Econometric matching methods show that TEMP is more successful than EP in getting the Unemployed back to work. Compared to not participating in any programme EP and TEMP are ineffective for Unemployed who find jobs easily anyway or have a short unemployment spell. For potential and actual long term Unemployed both programmes may have positive effects, but the effect of TEMP is larger.
Heidi Steiger - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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does subsidised temporary employment get the Unemployed back to work aneconometric analysis of two different schemes
Labour Economics, 2005Co-Authors: Michael Gerfin, Michael Lechner, Heidi SteigerAbstract:Abstract Subsidised employment is an important tool of active labour market policies to improve the reemployment chances of the Unemployed. Using unusually informative individual data from administrative records, we investigate the effects of two different schemes of subsidised temporary employment implemented in Switzerland: non-profit employment programmes (EP) and a subsidy for temporary jobs (TEMP) in private and public firms. Econometric matching methods show that TEMP is more successful than EP in getting the Unemployed back to work. Compared to not participating in any programme, EP and TEMP are ineffective for Unemployed who find jobs easily anyway or have a short unemployment spell. For potential and actual long-term Unemployed, both programmes may have positive effects, but the effect of TEMP is larger.
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does subsidised temporary employment get the Unemployed back to work an econometric analysis of two different schemes
Diskussionsschriften, 2003Co-Authors: Michael Gerfin, Michael Lechner, Heidi SteigerAbstract:Subsidised employment is an important tool of active labour market policies to improve the reemployment chances of the Unemployed. Using unusually informative individual data from administrative records we investigate the effects of two different schemes of subsidised temporary employment implemented in Switzerland: non-profit employment programmes (EP) and a subsidy for temporary jobs (TEMP) in private and public firms. Econometric matching methods show that TEMP is more successful than EP in getting the Unemployed back to work. Compared to not participating in any programme EP and TEMP are ineffective for Unemployed who find jobs easily anyway or have a short unemployment spell. For potential and actual long term Unemployed both programmes may have positive effects, but the effect of TEMP is larger.
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does subsidised temporary employment get the Unemployed back to work an econometric analysis of two different schemes
10th International Conference on Panel Data Berlin July 5-6 2002, 2002Co-Authors: Michael Gerfin, Michael Lechner, Heidi SteigerAbstract:Subsidised employment is one tool of active labour market policies to improve the chances of the Unemployed to find permanent employment. Using informative individual data coming from various administrative sources we investigate the effects of two different schemes of subsidised temporary employment implemented in Switzerland. One scheme operates as a non-profit employment programme (EP), whereas the other is a subsidy for temporary jobs (TEMP) in firms operating in competitive markets. Using econometric matching methods we find that TEMP is considerably more successful in getting the Unemployed back into work than TEMP. We also find that compared to nonparticipation both programmes are unsuccessful for Unemployed that find job easily anyway as well for those with short unemployment duration. For Unemployed with potentially long unemployment duration and for actual long term Unemployed, both programmes may have some positive effect, but the effect of TEMP is much larger.
Michael Gerfin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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does subsidised temporary employment get the Unemployed back to work aneconometric analysis of two different schemes
Labour Economics, 2005Co-Authors: Michael Gerfin, Michael Lechner, Heidi SteigerAbstract:Abstract Subsidised employment is an important tool of active labour market policies to improve the reemployment chances of the Unemployed. Using unusually informative individual data from administrative records, we investigate the effects of two different schemes of subsidised temporary employment implemented in Switzerland: non-profit employment programmes (EP) and a subsidy for temporary jobs (TEMP) in private and public firms. Econometric matching methods show that TEMP is more successful than EP in getting the Unemployed back to work. Compared to not participating in any programme, EP and TEMP are ineffective for Unemployed who find jobs easily anyway or have a short unemployment spell. For potential and actual long-term Unemployed, both programmes may have positive effects, but the effect of TEMP is larger.
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does subsidised temporary employment get the Unemployed back to work an econometric analysis of two different schemes
Diskussionsschriften, 2003Co-Authors: Michael Gerfin, Michael Lechner, Heidi SteigerAbstract:Subsidised employment is an important tool of active labour market policies to improve the reemployment chances of the Unemployed. Using unusually informative individual data from administrative records we investigate the effects of two different schemes of subsidised temporary employment implemented in Switzerland: non-profit employment programmes (EP) and a subsidy for temporary jobs (TEMP) in private and public firms. Econometric matching methods show that TEMP is more successful than EP in getting the Unemployed back to work. Compared to not participating in any programme EP and TEMP are ineffective for Unemployed who find jobs easily anyway or have a short unemployment spell. For potential and actual long term Unemployed both programmes may have positive effects, but the effect of TEMP is larger.
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does subsidised temporary employment get the Unemployed back to work an econometric analysis of two different schemes
10th International Conference on Panel Data Berlin July 5-6 2002, 2002Co-Authors: Michael Gerfin, Michael Lechner, Heidi SteigerAbstract:Subsidised employment is one tool of active labour market policies to improve the chances of the Unemployed to find permanent employment. Using informative individual data coming from various administrative sources we investigate the effects of two different schemes of subsidised temporary employment implemented in Switzerland. One scheme operates as a non-profit employment programme (EP), whereas the other is a subsidy for temporary jobs (TEMP) in firms operating in competitive markets. Using econometric matching methods we find that TEMP is considerably more successful in getting the Unemployed back into work than TEMP. We also find that compared to nonparticipation both programmes are unsuccessful for Unemployed that find job easily anyway as well for those with short unemployment duration. For Unemployed with potentially long unemployment duration and for actual long term Unemployed, both programmes may have some positive effect, but the effect of TEMP is much larger.
Amy Bernstein - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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health and access to care among employed and Unemployed adults united states 2009 2010
NCHS data brief, 2012Co-Authors: Anne K Driscoll, Amy BernsteinAbstract:Lack of health insurance has been shown to be associated with problems obtaining needed health care (3), and the Unemployed are less likely to have health insurance than are their employed counterparts. The number and rate of adults aged 18–64 years lacking health insurance has been increasing, in part due to the historically high unemployment rates. However, even having comprehensive health insurance coverage does not guarantee access to needed services, in part because of cost-sharing, including copayments and deductibles. Unemployed persons may retain their health insurance through the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) or through other programs, but COBRA payments in particular may be quite expensive, and individual insurance plans may be less comprehensive than many employer-sponsored plans (4). Thus, although some Unemployed adults may retain coverage for some period of time, they may be less able to meet cost-sharing requirements because of reduced income associated with unemployment. This analysis compares the health status and access to care of employed and Unemployed adults and shows that unemployment is associated with unfavorable health and access to care among adults in the labor force over and above the loss of health insurance. However, it is not possible to know from these data the extent to which unemployment is a cause or effect of poor health. Poor health may be both a cause and effect of unemployment. Adults with private health insurance were more likely to have serious psychological distress and respondent-reported fair or poor health status if they were Unemployed. In fact, Unemployed privately insured persons were more than three times as likely to have serious psychological distress as their employed counterparts. Similar patterns were found for adults with public insurance and no health insurance. There were no significant differences between employed and Unemployed adults in the percentage who had ever been diagnosed with selected chronic conditions, including hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, or cancer (NCHS unpublished analysis of NHIS data), and so the need for health care to treat these chronic conditions exists for both employed and Unemployed adults. In addition to having poorer health, Unemployed adults were more likely to delay or not receive needed medical care and needed prescriptions due to cost than their employed counterparts across categories of insurance coverage. Thus, the Unemployed reported both worse health and less access to needed care and treatment than employed adults. This pattern was found not only for those without health insurance but also those with public and private insurance.
Jukka Vuori - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Financial Incentives and Job‐search Training: Methods to Increase Labour Market Integration in Contemporary Welfare States?
Social Policy & Administration, 2005Co-Authors: Ira Malmberg-heimonen, Jukka VuoriAbstract:In their efforts to increase labour market integration, contemporary welfare states emphasize the importance of financial incentives, active job-searching and participation in labour market programmes. However, the effects of these policies have been minor and in some cases even inconsistent. The aim of this study was to examine whether and how financial incentives and job-search training programmes increase re-employment and the quality of re-employment. A total of 1,015 Unemployed persons participated in a Finnish follow-up study with a randomized experimental design. Although no overall impact of job-search training on re-employment emerged, a positive effect was found for those groups of the Unemployed who had a financial incentive to participate in the programme. Nevertheless, among Unemployed workers with benefits at a minimum level there were no positive effects on the quality of re-employment, and the impact decreased when unemployment was prolonged. Financial incentives and job-search training appear to increase re-employment among those of the Unemployed who generally have better chances on the labour market, whereas these measures are not sufficient for the more disadvantaged groups of the Unemployed.
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the tyohon job search program in finland benefits for the Unemployed with risk of depression or discouragement
Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 2002Co-Authors: Jukka Vuori, Jussi Silvonen, Amiram D Vinokur, Richard H PriceAbstract:The impact of preventive interventions for the Unemployed may vary depending on the context of the labor policies and benefit systems of the country where it is implemented. The Tyohon Job Search Program was based on a method developed in the United States for recently Unemployed workers. This study examined outcomes of the intervention in the context of the European labor market for participants who had been Unemployed for a longer period. A total of 1,261 Unemployed Finnish job seekers participated in a randomized field study. At the 6-month follow-up, the program had a beneficial impact on the quality of reemployment, especially among those who had been Unemployed for a moderate time period. The program also significantly decreased psychological distress.
