Temporary Work as an Active Labor Market Policy: Evaluating an Innovative Activation Program for Disadvantaged Youths
While high rates of youth unemployment are a severe problem in most European countries, the program evaluation literature shows that di sadvantaged youths constitute a group that is particularly difficult to assist effectively. As innovative measures are thus needed, we evaluate a German pilot program that ta rgets low-skilled young unemployed and combines three components: a) individual coaching, b) classroom training and c) temporary work. Using an ex-post quasi-randomization approach, our analysis shows that the program has a positive impact on the post-program employment probability of participants.
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2012
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Authors: | Ehlert, Christoph R. ; Kluve, Jochen ; Schaffner, Sandra |
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Economics Bulletin. - Champaign-Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois, ISSN 1545-2921. - Vol. 32.2012, 2, p. 1765-1773
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Champaign-Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois |
Subject: | program evaluation | disadvantaged youths | temporary work | ALMP |
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freely available
Type of publication: | Article |
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Type of publication (narrower categories): | Article |
Language: | English |
Other identifiers: | 845369903 [GVK] hdl:10419/125568 [Handle] RePEc:zbw:espost:125568 [RePEc] |
Classification: | J0 - Labor and Demographic Economics. General ; J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies |
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