Temporary Work as an Active Labor Market Policy: Evaluating an Innovative Program for Disadvantaged Youths

Christoph Ehlert, Jochen Kluve () and Sandra Schaffner
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Jochen Kluve: KfW Development Bank

No 6670, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: program evaluation; disadvantaged youths; temporary work; ALMP (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J08 J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13 pages
Date: 2012-06
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Published - published in: Economics Bulletin, 2012, 32 (2), 765-773

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