could find employment and thus accumulate work experience …

We analyse the effect of active labour-market programmes on the hazard rate into regular employment for newly arrived … participation in active labour-market programmes. Post programme effects on the hazard rate to regular employment are significantly … language proficiency has significant and substantial positive effects on the hazard rate to employment. -- Programme evaluation …

We perform a comprehensive analysis of the stepping-stone effect of temporary agency employment on unemployed workers …. Using the timing-of-events approach, we not only investigate whether agency employment is a bridge into regular employment … intensity increases the likelihood of leaving unemployment for regular jobs. Our results show that agency employment is even …