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Tag Archives: training
How tax policy can promote lifelong learning
In the face of demographic and technological change, people will have to work longer and are more likely to switch jobs, careers, or tasks within a given job. Faster depreciation of human capital increases the need for lifelong learning. Some … Continue reading
Posted in Research
Tagged education, human capital, income, lifelong learning, Netherlands, tax deductions, tax incentives, tax policy, training
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Getting it right: Policies to fight youth unemployment in the EU
Despite the fact that the global financial crisis has largely come to end, youth unemployment remains high, with rates of jobless young people higher than those of adults across the entire EU. This problem has not gone unnoticed, however. Many … Continue reading
Posted in Research
Tagged education, EU, European Union, human capital investment, Lisbon Treaty, Maastricht Treaty, monetary policy, school-to-work, training, youth unemployment
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Causes and remedies of youth unemployment
In the aftermath of the Great Recession, one in five young people in Europe are currently unemployed, with peak rates of 50 percent or above. Against this background, the IZA Workshop “Which Institutions Promote Youth Employment?” organized by Pierre Cahuc … Continue reading
Posted in Research
Tagged flexicurity, high-skilled, job search, low-skilled, recession, rigid labor market, training, youth unemployment
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Do we have to be afraid of the future world of work?
The current public debate in many developed countries about the future of paid employment is characterized by strong feelings of uncertainty. Studies emphasizing the potentially deep and severe impact of globalization and automation have nourished fears of significant job destruction … Continue reading
Posted in Opinions
Tagged automation, education, experience, fixed-term contracts, freelance, full-time employment, future of paid employment, globalization, growing pressure, labor market participation, mobilizing, new technologies, offshoring, outsourcing, part-time work, performance-oriented, public policies, qualification, skill demand, temporary agency work, training, uncertainty
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Lessons for Slovakia from Germany’s dual system of vocational training
Slovakia is contemplating ways to motivate companies to teach and instruct high school students. In an interview with the business daily Hospodárske noviny, IZA Director Klaus F. Zimmermann comments on potential lessons to be learned from Germany’s dual system of … Continue reading
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Tagged dual apprenticeship system, education, firms, high school students, incentive, training
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Apprenticeships improve job opportunities
In Italy, as in many other European countries, apprenticeships and on-the-job training have been gaining popularity. Although being only of temporary nature and exhibiting a relatively low level of employment protection, apprenticeships are widely believed to be a successful form … Continue reading
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Tagged apprenticeships, employment protection, Italy, permanent contract, training, youth
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Europe’s Lost Generation
The profound economic crisis in Europe now has a human face – that of desperately protesting youth who feel cheated out of their future. More than seven million young people under the age of 25 in the European Union are … Continue reading
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Tagged common labor market, crisis, EU, Europe, flexibility, France, Greece, labor market reforms, mobility, Spain, training, Youth Guarantee, youth unemployment
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