Evaluation of Swedish Youth Labour Market Programmes

Laura Larsson ()
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Laura Larsson: Department of Economics, Postal: Uppsala University, P.O. Box 513, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden

No 2000:6, Working Paper Series from Uppsala University, Department of Economics

Abstract: This paper evaluates two Swedish active labour market programmes for youth, namely youth practice and labour market training. A non-parametric matching approach is applied to estimate the average program effects. Moreover, the results obtained by matching are compared to results from standard linear regression and probit models, and a polychotomous selectivity model. The results indicate either zero or negative effects of both programmes on earnings, re-employment probability and probability of studies in the short run, whereas some of the long-run effects are estimated positive. However, there is much heterogeneity in the estimated treatment effects among the individuals.

Keywords: Active labour market policies; balancing score; evaluation; matching; propensity score; selection; treatment effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C14 C50 J38 J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 72 pages
Date: 2000-04-11
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Published in Journal of Human Resources, 2003, pages 891-927.

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