that matters for program effectiveness. While direct employment programs in the public sector appear detrimental, wage … subsidies and "Services and Sanctions" can be effective in increasing participants' employment probability. -- Active Labor …

evidence indicates that the re-organisation of public employment services was mainly successful, with the exception of the … continue to be detrimental for participants' employment prospects. Wage subsidies and start-up subsidies show significantly …

public sector employment programs have the least favorable impact estimates. Job search assistance programs have relatively …

, our analysis shows that the program has a positive impact on the post-program employment probability of participants …

-up. Our empirical findings document significant impacts on the formality of employment, particularly for men, and impacts for … are sustained and growing over time. There are no impacts on average employment, which is consistent with the low …

the probability of employment) and for the sign and significance of the estimate (for all the studies in our sample) we …

short-run treatment effects on a comprehensive set of outcomes including employment and earnings as well as measures of … personality traits and risk behavior. We find positive short-run employment and earnings impacts five months after the program …

This study reviews the evidence on the impact of youth employment programs on labor market outcomes. The analysis looks … evaluation results from youth employment programs implemented worldwide show a significant positive impact on labor market … outcomes - either employment rates or earnings. In general, programs have been more successful in middle- and low …

women has a positive effect on the employment probability. For men public works and intervention works have negative … treatment effects, while participation in intervention works does not affect women's employment probabilities. We attribute the …