Efficacy of programmes for the unemployed: discrete time modelling of duration data from a matched‐comparison study

D. Firth, C. Payne and J. Payne

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series A, 1999, vol. 162, issue 1, 111-120

Abstract: An evaluation is described of two UK Government programmes for the long‐term unemployed in Great Britain, Employment Training and Employment Action, using discrete time hazard modelling of event histories. The study design employed a closely matched comparison group and carefully chosen control variables to minimize the effect of selection bias on conclusions. The effect of unobserved heterogeneity is investigated by using some standard random effect model formulations.

Date: 1999
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