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Latest News
December 14, 2012
In one of his latest studies, Gerard van den Berg examines the economic consequences of one of the most traumatic events parents can experience: the death of a child. He finds long-term effects on the bereaved parents' economic situation and health. For an overview over the main results please have a look at the press release "The economics of grief" in English and German.
December 6, 2012
Annette Bergemann, together with Mårten Palme (Stockholm University) and Erik Grönqvist (Institute for Evaluation of Labor Market and Education Policy (IFAU)), has been awarded SEK 300.000 (app. 35.000 Euro) by way of an IFAU research grant to study the effects of unemployment on criminality on the individual level. The team will analyze both, if layoffs of individuals affect the risk of displaying criminal behavior and if active labor market policy prevents youth criminality.
November 5, 2012
Gerard van den Berg and Arne Uhlendorff, together with a team of researchers at CREST (Paris, France) have received a research grant of 614,000 euro from the EU for research on fighting youth unemployment. They will carry out a randomized field experiment in the Paris suburbs in which small groups of young unemployed individuals help each other with job search.
