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. Url or DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2007.04.004 Authors Barbara Sianesi Country Sweden Publication Year 2008 Ranges Intervention Intervention Start Year 1994 Intervention End Year 1994 Evaluation Evaluation Start Year 1994 Evaluation End Year 1999 Policy field Employment incentives Private sector employment incentives Public sector employment Labour market services Job-search assistance Training Classroom/vocational training Target group Labour market status Long term unemployed Unemployed (All cat.) Details Funding Source Other Outcome Variable Employment status Data Source Administrative Evaluation Method PSM
