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Impact evaluation of a new counselling and support programme for unemployed with multiple placement obstacles

Böheim, René; Eppel, Rainer; Mahringer, Helmut - 2024

We analysed a new counselling and support programme for people with low employment prospects in Austria. The Austrian … Public Employment Service introduced regional pilots to investigate whether a new counselling strategy could improve labour … market outcomes for this group. Eligible unemployed individuals could opt for third-party counselling and support, access a …

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The impact of lower caseloads in public employment services on the unemployed

Böheim, René; Eppel, Rainer; Mahringer, Helmut - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 57 (2023) 1, pp. 1-25

In a randomised controlled trial in Austria, lowering caseloads for caseworkers in a Public Employment Office led to more meetings with unemployed clients, more job offers, more programme assignments, and more sanctions for noncompliance with job search requirements. It shortened unemployment...

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The impact of lower caseloads in public employment services on the unemployed

Böheim, René; Eppel, Rainer; Mahringer, Helmut - In: Journal for labour market research 57 (2023) 1, pp. 1-25

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Does job search assistance really raise employment?

Cottier, Lionel; Flückiger, Yves; Kempeneers, Pierre; … - 2018

We study how job search assistance (JSA) affects employment in a randomized pilot study with long run administrative data. JSA increases employment in the first year after assignment. In the second year, when most job seekers have left JSA, the employment gains evaporate, and even turn into...

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More caseworkers shorten unemployment durations and save costs : results from a field experiment in an Austrian public employment office

Böheim, René; Eppel, Rainer; Mahringer, Helmut - 2022

search requirements. More intensive counselling led to shorter unemployment episodes due to faster job entry, but also to …

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More caseworkers shorten unemployment durations and save costs: Results from a field experiment in an Austrian public employment office

Böheim, René; Eppel, Rainer; Mahringer, Helmut - 2022

search requirements. More intensive counselling led to shorter unemployment episodes due to faster job entry, but also to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013286391

More caseworkers shorten unemployment durations and save costs

Böheim, René; Eppel, Rainer; Mahringer, Helmut - 2022

In a randomized controlled trial in Austria, lower caseloads in public employment offices led to more meetings of the unemployed with their caseworkers, more job offers, more program assignments, and more sanctions for noncompliance with job search requirements. More intensive counseling led to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013286585

Long-term unemployment and the capability approach : the case of the German labor market

Olejniczak, Michael - In: Management revue : MRev 23 (2012) 2, pp. 140-157

This text focuses on long-term unemployment in the German labor market caused by insufficient work skills capabilities and discusses the deficits of the current policy in improving the situation of job seekers who are repeatedly rejected in their efforts to find a job. For both the German...

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Contracting out mandatory counselling and training for long-term unemployed : private for-profit or non-profit, or keep it public?

Cockx, Bart; Baert, Stijn - 2015

This study evaluates the effectiveness of contracting out mandatory publicly provided counselling and training for long …

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How effective are hiring subsidies to reduce long-term unemployment among prime-aged jobseekers? : evidence from Belgium

Desiere, Sam; Cockx, Bart - 2021

Hiring subsidies are widely used to create (stable) employment for the long-term unemployed. This paper exploits the abolition of a hiring subsidy targeted at long-term unemployed jobseekers over 45 years of age in Belgium to evaluate its effectiveness in the short and medium run. Based on a...

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