strategies and labor market policies: interlinkages with macro and sectoral policies

. This institutional transformation includes the spatial re-configuration of the welfare state, which has given new roles to the supra-national, national, and sub-national levels of government as well as private actors in the management and creation of labor market policies. By bringing institutions into these debates

A strategy for and results of an impact evaluation of a universal labor market program –

We examine the optimal labor market-policy mix over the business cycle. In a search and matching model with risk-averse workers, endogenous hiring and separation, and unobservable search effort we first show how to decentralize the constrained-efficient allocation. This can be achieved by a

Managing social risks through transitional labour markets

(ii) development of

and offers a stimulating research environment through its international network, workshops and conferences, data service, project support, research visits and doctoral program. IZA engages in (i) original and internationally competitive research in all fields of labor economics, (ii) development of policy

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Personnel and Development. We thank the CIPD and our

I am indebted to Ralf Mytzek-Zühlke for tireless reading and numerous suggestions that have improved this report. Any remaining errors are entirely my own.