Affiliation:
1. Department of Labour Economics, Income and Social Security , Austrian Institute of Economic Research , Vienna , Austria
Abstract
Abstract
There is still a lack of knowledge on how to effectively help the long-term unemployed into employment. We evaluate a wide range of active labour market policies for this target group, using a dynamic matching approach. Measures vary considerably in the extent to which they improve labour market prospects. Human capital-intensive training programs that substantially enhance vocational skills and employment programs are most effective, short activating job search training the least. Our results suggest that not only wage subsidies in the private sector, but also direct job creation in the public and non-profit sectors can work, if properly designed.
Subject
Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous),Economics and Econometrics
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