Evaluating the Employment Impact of a Mandatory Job Search Assistance Program: The New Deal for Young People in the UK
نویسندگان
چکیده
This paper exploits the differential timing of the introduction of a labor market program across areas as well as agerelated eligibility rules to identify the treatment effect of a targeted active labor market program. We are especially concerned about substitution and equilibrium wage effects. The program studied is the “New Deal for the Young Unemployed” in the UK and uses an administrative panel data on individuals between 1982 and 1999. This mandatory program involves extensive job assistance for young unemployed followed by various other options, including wage subsidies. Estimates of the employment effects of the mandatory job search assistance part of the program are presented using a variety of estimation techniques exploring combined "difference in differences” and matching procedures. Based on the pilot study we find that the New Deal program raised employment by a significant about 5 percentage points. JEL Classification: J18, J23, J38
منابع مشابه
The Status of Young People who are not in Employment, Education or Training (NEET Rate)
The issue of employment and unemployment has always been one of the most important issues in the country. Considering the age structure of the countrychr('39')s population, adopting policies to create suitable job opportunities for young people and consequently reduce their unemployment is of particular importance. Lack of youth employment and economic pressure on families can expose them to so...
متن کاملDoes the Impact of Welfare to Work Depend on the State of the Labour Market? The Case of the UK New Deal for Young People
There is much debate, but surprisingly little evidence, concerning the impact of primarily supply side Welfare to Work programmes in labour markets characterised by weak labour demand. The usual argument is that we might expect Welfare to Work measures to have greater impacts in tight labour markets than in slack ones because more (and perhaps better) job vacancies exist. On the other hand, the...
متن کاملThe New Deal for Young People: effect of the options on the labour market status of young men
The New Deal for Young People: effect of the options on the labour market status of young men Richard Dorsett Policy Studies Institute Revised October 2004 Abstract: The New Deal for Young People was introduced throughout Great Britain in April 1998 as a key element of the government’s welfare-to-work strategy. Participants enter a period of intensive job search known as the ‘Gateway’ and then ...
متن کاملThe Role of Faculty Members on Finding Job Process for Graduates: a qualitative research
Finding Job is defined as a pattern of voluntary, purposeful, self-regulating behaviors aiming at achieving employment. This concept is influenced by various factors and predictors among which the role of social support has been examined in various research. Concerning the important role of universities faculty members on the improvement of career path and students’ job search process, as an es...
متن کاملThe influence of social environment on smoking behavior among adolescents in Iran
Abstract Background: Research suggests that factors in the environment are major determinants of health behavior for populations. This cross-sectional study used a combination of quantitative and qualitative data collection methods to determine the prevalence of smoking and identify the possible associations between smoking and environmental variables among school pupils in Iran. Methods: A se...
متن کامل