Assessing the Employment Public Service: its effects on formal labour insertion in the metropolitan area of Barranquilla, Colombia

Kenkin Morales-González (), William Manjarrés de Ávila () and Sadan de la Cruz Almanza ()
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Kenkin Morales-González: Universidad del Atlántico
William Manjarrés de Ávila: Universidad del Atlántico
Sadan de la Cruz Almanza: Universidad del Atlántico

Lecturas de Economía, 2019, issue 91, 211-239

Abstract: This article seeks to measure the effect of the Employment Public Service (SPE) on the probability of accessing formal employment in the metropolitan area of Barranquilla, Colombia. To achieve this objective, two sources of information are combined: the data on people who registered with the SPE in Barranquilla, and a survey of 400 people registered with the same service. With these data, an estimate of the average effect of the SPE is obtained through propensity score matching. The results show that participating in the services offered by the SPE increases the probability of getting formal employment by around 12 %. This study is of special importance for the design of public policies, as it identifies the effects of state intervention in employability in one of the most important cities in Colombia.

Keywords: impact assessment; Employment Public Service; labour insertion; propensity score matching (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C15 C52 J01 J18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.17533/udea.le.n91a07

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