Labour Market Programmes and Labour Market Outcomes: A study of the Swedish Active Labour Market Interventions

نویسندگان

  • Jérôme Adda
  • Mónica Costa Dias
  • Costas Meghir
  • Barbara Sianesi
چکیده

This paper assesses the impact of Swedish welfare-to-work programmes on labour market performance including wages, labour market status, unemployment duration and future welfare-to-work participation. We develop a structural dynamic model of labour supply which incorporates detailed institutional features of these policies and allows for selection on observables and unobservables. We estimate the model from a rich administrative panel data set and show that training programmes which account for a large proportion of programmes have little effect on future outcomes, whereas job experience programmes have a beneficial effect. Acknowledgements: This research has benefited from discussions with Eric French, John Ham and Ken Judd and the comments of two referees. We have also benefited

برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

ثبت نام

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

منابع مشابه

Differential Effects of Active Labour Market Programmes at the Early Stages of Young People’s Unemployment Differential Effects of Active Labour Market Programmes at the Early Stages of Young People’s Unemployment

This study evaluates the long-run effects of Finnish active labour market programmes in youth labour markets. The effectiveness of programmes is measured by a number of outcomes, including employment, unemployment, programme participation, education, being out-of-labour force and annual earnings. A nonparametric propensity score matching approach adapted for the case of multiple programmes is a...

متن کامل

فقر کودکان و بازار کار در ایران

Objectives: In designing poverty alleviation strategies, it is axiomatic to identify the poor. Insufficient or unreliable data about the deprived members of society is a primary obstacle in designing an effective poverty reduction policy. The role of the labour market is particularly important in providing decent jobs for every sector of population. Studying labour market structure enables ...

متن کامل

فقر کودکان و بازار کار در ایران

Objectives: In designing poverty alleviation strategies, it is axiomatic to identify the poor. Insufficient or unreliable data about the deprived members of society is a primary obstacle in designing an effective poverty reduction policy. The role of the labour market is particularly important in providing decent jobs for every sector of population. Studying labour market structure enables ...

متن کامل

Effecting of the hidden layers in Canadian political power

Canada’s immigration system is currently undergoing significant change driven by several goals that include: (1) a desire to improve the economic outcomes of entering immigrants, given the deterioration in labour market outcomes over the past several decades; (2) an attempt to better respond to short-term regional labour market shortages often associated with commodity booms, and (3) a desire t...

متن کامل

Effecting of the Hidden Layers in Canadian Political Power (with Emphasis on Immigration Programs)

Canada’s immigration system is currently undergoing significant change driven by several goals that include: (1) a desire to improve the economic outcomes of entering immigrants, given the deterioration in labour market outcomes over the past several decades; (2) an attempt to better respond to short-term regional labour market shortages often associated with commodity booms, and (3) a desire t...

متن کامل

ذخیره در منابع من


  با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید

برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید

ثبت نام

اگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید

عنوان ژورنال:

دوره   شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007