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.
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Country
Austria
Publication Year
2008
Employment incentives
Private sector employment incentives
Public sector employment
Labour market services
Job-search assistance
Training
Other intervention types
Labour market status
Unemployed (All cat.)
Vulnerable groups
Other disadvantaged
Funding Source
ESF + other
Outcome Variable
Duration of unemployment
Data Source
Administrative
Evaluation Method
DID
PSM