Temporary Work as an Active Labor Market Policy: Evaluating an Innovative Program for Disadvantaged Youths
While high rates of youth unemployment are 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 needet, we evaluate a German pilot program that targets low-skilled young unemployes and combines three components: a) individual coaching, b) classroom training and c) temporary work. Using an expost quasi-randomization approach, our analysis shows that the program has a posotive impact on the post program employment probability of participants.
Ehlert, C., J. Kluve und S. Schaffner (2012), Temporary Work as an Active Labor Market Policy: Evaluating an Innovative Program for Disadvantaged Youths. Economics Bulletin, 32, 2, 1765-1773
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