Browsing by Subject "labour markets"
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Assessing the effectiveness of training and temporary employment schemes: some results from the youth labour market
(Economic & Social StudiesDublin, 1991)This paper suggests some ways in which labour market programmes of training and temporary employment should be evaluated. Essentially such programmes should be evaluated relative to the counter factual: what would have ... -
Endowment Effect and Reservation Wage: A behavioural evaluation of the impact of 2010 Jobseekers Allowance rate changes on labour market outcomes for young unemployed
(Journal of the Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 2018)This paper evaluates the impact of the 2010 jobseekers allowance rate changes on the labour market decisions of new jobseekers to investigate the predictive power of orthodox versus behavioural economic theories. The paper ... -
Essays in development economics: the role of property rights on labour supply and land markets
(Trinity College Dublin. School of Social Sciences & Philosophy. Discipline of Economics, 2020)The process of economic development requires that an economy moves from an agriculture-intensive setting to a more industrialized situation. It is then essential that agricultural productivity increases and shifts to a ...