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Temporary work as an active labor market policy: Evaluating an innovative program for disadvantaged youths

While high rates of youth unemployment are a severe problem in most European countries, the program evaluation literature shows that disadvantaged youths constitute a group that is particularly difficult to assist effectively. As innovative measures are thus needed, we evaluate a German pilot program that targets low-skilled young unemployed and combines three components: a) individual coaching, b) classroom training and c) temporary work. Using an ex-post quasi-randomization approach, our analysis shows that the program has a positive impact on the post-program employment probability of participants.

Authors
Christoph Ehlert
Jochen Kluve
Sandra Schaffner
Country
Germany
Publication Year
2012
Ranges
Intervention
Intervention Start Year
2007
Intervention End Year
2009
Evaluation
Evaluation Start Year
2009
Evaluation End Year
2010
Policy field
Employment incentives
Private sector employment incentives
Training
Classroom/vocational training
Target group
Labour market status
Unemployed (All cat.)
Young unemployed
Details
Funding Source
Other
Outcome Variable
Employment status
Data Source
Administrative
Evaluation Method
DID