The differential performance of six Swedish active labour market programs for the unemployed is investigated in terms of short- and long-term employment probability and un-employment-benefit dependency. Both relative to one another and compared to more intense job search, the central finding is that the more similar to a regular job, the more effective a program is for its participants. Employment subsidies perform best by far, followed by trainee replacement and, by a long stretch, labour market training. Relief work and two types of work practice schemes appear by contrast to be mainly used to re-qualify for unemployment benefits.
Country
Sweden
Publication Year
2008
Employment incentives
Private sector employment incentives
Public sector employment
Labour market services
Job-search assistance
Training
Classroom/vocational training
Labour market status
Long term unemployed
Unemployed (All cat.)
Funding Source
Other
Outcome Variable
Employment status
Data Source
Administrative
Evaluation Method
PSM