Krug, Gerhard; Stephan, Gesine - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
There is a longstanding debate on the advantages of quasi-markets for placement services compared to their public … intensive services for hard-to-place unemployed individuals can be provided more effectively by such private providers or by PES … in-house teams. Unemployed persons were assigned to intensive services for a period of eight months. This paper presents …