Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policy: Methodological Concepts and Empirical Estimates

Reinhard Hujer (hujer@wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de) and Marco Caliendo
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Reinhard Hujer: Goethe University Frankfurt

No 236, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: Persistently high unemployment, tight government budgets and the growing scepticism regarding the effects of active labour market policies (ALMP) are the basis for a growing interest in evaluating these measures. This paper intends to explain the need for evaluation on the micro- and macroeconomic level, introduce the fundamental evaluation problem and solutions to it, give an overview of the newer developments in evaluation literature and finally take a look on empirical estimations of ALMP effects.

Keywords: evaluation; matching; difference-in-differences; Active labour market policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C14 C33 H43 J64 J68 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2000-12
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Published - published in: Becker, I., Ott, N. and Rolf, G. (eds.), Soziale Sicherung in einer dynamischen Gesellschaft, Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt, 583-617, 2001

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