In direct job creation schemes, unemployed individuals at risk of permanent labour market exclusion are offered temporary subsidised employment in public or non-profit sector firms in combination with skills training and socio-pedagogical support. The main aim is to stabilise and qualify them for later reintegration into the regular labour market. Exploiting exogenous regional variation in population-groupspecific programme capacities, I find evidence that such a job creation scheme is, on average, effective in providing a bridge to a regular job. The achieved integration is, however, often not stable. Successful participants face a high risk of once again becoming unemployed. Url or DOI http://www.wifo.ac.at/wwa/pubid/50877 Authors Reiner Eppel Country Austria Publication Year 2008 Ranges Intervention Intervention Start Year 2008 Intervention End Year 2009 Evaluation Evaluation Start Year 2008 Evaluation End Year 2012 Policy field Employment incentives Private sector employment incentives Public sector employment Labour market services Job-search assistance Training Other intervention types Target group Labour market status Unemployed (All cat.) Vulnerable groups Other disadvantaged Details Funding Source ESF + other Outcome Variable Duration of unemployment Data Source Administrative Evaluation Method DID PSM
