Sidebar: The Job Boost II Subsidized Employment Program

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Self - employment grants vs . subsidized employment : Is there a difference in the re - unemployment risk ?

Self-employment grants and employment subsidies are active labor market programs that aim at helping unemployed workers to escape unemployment by becoming self-employed or being hired at an initially reduced cost for the employer. In Sweden in the 1990’s the participation rate in the self-employment program increased from virtually none to almost same as in the employment subsidy program. The a...

Supported Employment and Social Inclusion – Experiences of Workers with Disabilities in Wage Subsidized Employment in Sweden

Job Characteristics, Wages and the Employment Contract

CIRANO is a private non-profit organization incorporated under the Québec Companies Act. Its infrastructure and research activities are funded through fees paid by member organizations, an infrastructure grant from the Ministère de l=Industrie, du Commerce, de la Science et de la Technologie, and grants and research mandates obtained by its research teams. The Scientific Series fulfils one of t...

Job Search, Conditional Treatment and Recidivism: The Employment Services for Ex-Offenders Program Reconsidered∗

The objective of this paper is to re-evaluate the effect of the 1985 ”Employment Services for Ex-Offenders” (ESEO) program on recidivism, in San Diego, Chicago and Boston. The initial group of program participants was split randomly in a control group and a treatment group. The actual treatment (mainly being job related counseling) only takes place conditional on finding a job, and not having b...