Temporary work as an active labor market policy: Evaluating an innovative program for disadvantaged youths
While high rates of youth unemployment are a severe problem in most European countries, the program evaluation literature shows that disadvantaged youths constitute a group that is particularly difficult to assist effectively. As innovative measures are thus needed, we evaluate a German pilot program that targets 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 ; Kluve, Jochen ; Schaffner, Sandra |
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Economics Bulletin. - AccessEcon, ISSN 1545-2921. - Vol. 32.2012, 2, p. 1765-1773
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Publisher: |
AccessEcon |
Subject: | Program evaluation | disadvantaged youths | temporary work | ALMP |
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