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  1. An examination of the work history of Pittsburgh steelworkers, who were displaced and received publicly-funded retraining in the early 1980s
    Author: Bednarzik, Robert W.; Szalanski, Joseph
    Published: 2012
    Publisher:  IZA, Bonn

    A gap in the displaced worker-training literature is that the post-retraining period has not been studied over the long term. The approach here will be to examine in-depth the experience of a selected few displaced worker trainees over a 20 to 25... more

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    ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Standort Kiel
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    A gap in the displaced worker-training literature is that the post-retraining period has not been studied over the long term. The approach here will be to examine in-depth the experience of a selected few displaced worker trainees over a 20 to 25 year period following their training. With our small sample, but in-depth examination, we will begin to remedy this gap in the literature. To understand better the training programs available for displaced steelworkers, we also interviewed people involved with the development and delivery of training. Further, when we discovered the grass roots growth of organizations to help displaced workers generally, we interviewed them as well. Our findings of the experience of 30 displaced steelworkers in Pittsburgh confirm those in the literature of training program attributes that increase the likelihood of their leading to a job. They include programs that are small scale, linked to the local job market, and focus on developing analytical skills. Two other key components perhaps helping account for the retraining success were assessment and auditing. Entrance into the training program required an intensive screening or assessment process to ensure that (1) the program was right for them, and (2), more importantly, they were capable of handling and grasping the content of the training. Helping displaced workers with tuition payments at a community college also has merit. -- training ; displaced workers

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
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    hdl: 10419/58465
    Series: Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 6429
    Subjects: Metallberufe; Arbeitslosigkeit; Umschulung; Wirkungsanalyse; Arbeitsmarktintegration; USA
    Scope: Online-Ressource (PDF-Datei: 31 S., 198,78 KB)
  2. Labour market reforms and outcomes in Estonia
    Author: Brixiova, Zuzana; Égert, Balázs
    Published: 2012
    Publisher:  IZA, Bonn

    The unemployment rate in Estonia rose sharply in 2010 to one of the highest levels in the EU, after the country entered a severe recession in 2008. While the rate declined relatively rapidly in 2011, it remained high especially for the less educated.... more

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    The unemployment rate in Estonia rose sharply in 2010 to one of the highest levels in the EU, after the country entered a severe recession in 2008. While the rate declined relatively rapidly in 2011, it remained high especially for the less educated. In 2009, the Employment Contract Law relaxed employment protection legislation and sought to raise income protection of the unemployed to facilitate transition from less to more productive jobs while mitigating social costs. Utilizing a search model, this paper shows that increasing further labour market flexibility through reducing the tax wedge on labour would facilitate the structural transformation and reduce the long-term unemployment rate. Linking increases in unemployment benefits to participation in job search or training programmes would improve the unemployed workers' incentives to search for jobs or retrain and the medium term labour market outcomes. Social protection schemes for the unemployed should be also strengthened as initially intended to give the unemployed sufficient time to search for adequate jobs or retrain for new opportunities. -- labour market reforms ; search model ; Estonia ; OECD countries

     
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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
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    hdl: 10419/58747
    Series: Discussion paper series / Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit ; 6336
    Subjects: Arbeitslosigkeit; Arbeitsmarktflexibilität; Arbeitslosenversicherung; Arbeitsuche; Umschulung; Estland
    Scope: Online-Ressource (PDF-Datei: 16 S., 224,20 KB), graph. Darst.
  3. Labour market reforms and outcomes in Estonia
    Author: Brixiova, Zuzana; Égert, Balázs
    Published: 2012
    Publisher:  William Davidson Inst., Ann Arbor, Mich.

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    hdl: 2027.42/133043
    Series: William Davidson Institute working papers ; 1027
    Subjects: Arbeitslosigkeit; Arbeitsmarktflexibilität; Arbeitslosenversicherung; Arbeitsuche; Umschulung; Estland
    Scope: Online-Ressource (PDF-Datei: 16 S., 388,88 KB), graph. Darst.
  4. Labour market reforms and outcomes in Estonia
    Author: Brixiova, Zuzana; Égert, Balázs
    Published: 2012
    Publisher:  CESifo, München

    The unemployment rate in Estonia rose sharply in 2010 to one of the highest levels in the EU, after the country entered a severe recession in 2008. While the rate declined relatively rapidly in 2011, it remained high especially for the less educated.... more

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    Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
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    The unemployment rate in Estonia rose sharply in 2010 to one of the highest levels in the EU, after the country entered a severe recession in 2008. While the rate declined relatively rapidly in 2011, it remained high especially for the less educated. In 2009, the Employment Contract Law relaxed employment protection legislation and sought to raise income protection of the unemployed to facilitate transition from less to more productive jobs while mitigating social costs. Utilizing a search model, this paper shows that increasing further labour market flexibility through reducing the tax wedge on labour would facilitate the structural transformation and reduce the long-term unemployment rate. Linking increases in unemployment benefits to participation in job search or training programmes would improve the unemployed workers' incentives to search for jobs or retrain and the medium term labour market outcomes. Social protection schemes for the unemployed should be also strengthened as initially intended to give the unemployed sufficient time to search for adequate jobs or retrain for new opportunities. -- labour market reforms ; search model ; Estonia ; OECD countries

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
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    hdl: 10419/55882
    Series: Array ; 3756
    Subjects: Arbeitslosigkeit; Arbeitsmarktflexibilität; Arbeitslosenversicherung; Arbeitsuche; Umschulung; Estland
    Scope: Online-Ressource (PDF-Datei: 16 S., 229 KB), graph. Darst.