Advantage through Trainnig? A Microeconometric Evaluation of the Employment Effects of Training and Job Subsidy Programmes
Journal
Labour
ISSN
1121-7081
ISSN-Digital
1467-9914
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2002-09-01
Author(s)
Abstract
We estimate the employment effects of training, intervention works (subsidised employment), and public works programmes in Poland. The analysis is based on retrospective monthly calendar information on the labour force state and active labour market programme (ALMP) participation between January 1992 and August 1996. The data are obtained from the Polish Labour Force Survey of August 1996 and its Supplement on Labour Market Policies. Because there is no general agreement on the appropriate evaluation methodology when working with non-experimental data, we use two widely applied approaches to identify causal effects. First, non-parametric estimates of the programme effects are obtained on the basis of matched samples. Second, we use traditional econometric modelling in the form of duration models with unobserved individual heterogeneity. We find that training improves the employment opportunities of both men and women, whereas intervention and public works do not: intervention works prolong unemployment for both genders as do public works for men. The number of observations on women in public works is too small to make a statistically safe statement. In general, all ALMP effects are larger in absolute size for men than for women. Frühere Version: Puhani, Patrick (2000), Advantage through Trainnig? A Microeconometric Evaluation of the Employment Effects of Active Labour Market Programmes in Poland, CEPR Discussion Paper, London; auch erschienen als: ZEW Discussion Paper 98-25, Mannheim
Language
English
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Publisher
Blackwell
Publisher place
Oxford
Volume
16
Number
3
Start page
569
End page
608
Pages
40
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
14743