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: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Economics Bulletin, 2012, vol. 32, issue 2, 1765-1773

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: J0 J6 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012-06-18
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