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Table 5 Evaluation studies on job search assistance and monitoring

From: Youth unemployment and active labor market policies in Europe

Author

Country

Treatment

Sample

Horizon

Estimation

Employment

Unemployment

Education

Quality/Wages

Graversen and van Ours (2008)

Denmark (1)

Intensive contact with caseworkers and job search program with potential subsequent training participation

Unemployment entrants < 30 years

10 to 15 weeks after unemployment entry (before training entry)

Randomized Controlled Trial

+

n/a

n/a

n/a

Maibom et al. (2014)

Denmark (3)

Information letter, and intensified caseworker meeting, and mentoring, training participation.

Short- or long-term unemployed youth below 30 years, with or without qualifying education

Up to 3 years after entry into program

Randomized Controlled Trial

Uneducated: - educated: 0

n/a

Uneducated: 0 educated: 0

n/a

van den Berg et al. (2012)

Denmark (4)

Meeting with the caseworker (counseling or monitoring)

Unemployed men and women with UB receipt, below 30 years

(Instantaneous effect)

Timing-of-events

+

n/a

n/a

n/a

Crépon et al. (2013)

France (4)

Job search assistance by by private providers

University graduates (under 30 years), at least 6 months in unemployment

8 month

Randomized Controlled Trial

+ (partially due to displacement)

n/a

n/a

n/a

Fougère et al. (2009)

France (5)

Vacancies information by the public employment service

Registered unemployed job seekers

Max. 1.5 years

Structural partial job search model

+

n/a

n/a

n/a

Bernhard and Wolff (2008)

Germany (3)

Contracting out placement services to private providers

Recipients of social welfare, 15 - 24, East and West Germany, males and females (Wm, Wf, Em, Ef)

Up to 20 month

Propensity Score Matching

Em: + Ef: + Wm: 0 Wf: 0

Em: 0 Ef: + Wm: + Wf: +

n/a

n/a

van den Berg et al. (2015)

Germany (8)

Partial or complete withdrawal of social benefits (sanctions) for up to 3 months

Unemployed social welfare recipients 18 to 24 years

Immediate effect of sanction

Timing-of-events

+

- (only for single households)

n/a

-

Micklewright and Nagy (2010)

Hungary

Increased job search monitoring for 4 months

New UI claimants with 75–179 days of UI entitlement

Up to 3 months

Randomized Controlled Trial

0

n/a

n/a

n/a

Centeno et al. (2009)

Portugal

Early intervention, including job search assistance, counseling, monitoring and training, threat of sanctions

Youths below the age of 25 who were unemployed less than 6 months

12 and 24 months after participation

Difference-in-Difference Matching

0

n/a

0

n/a

Bennmarker et al. (2013)

Sweden (1)

Assignment to private placement providers, up to 6 months

Unemployed less than 25 years, with unemployment duration > 3 months

Up to 12 months after assignment

Randomized Controlled Trial

0

n/a

n/a

0

Engström et al. (2012)

Sweden (4)

Increased threat of monitoring of job search activity

Unemployed less than 30 years

4 to 8 months

Randomized Controlled Trial

0

n/a

n/a

n/a

Hägglund (2014)

Sweden (8)

Increased intensity of job search activities and monitoring

Regular and long-term unemployed between 18 to 24 years

Up to 3 years

Randomized Controlled Trial

regular: + long-term: 0

regular: 0 long-term: 0

n/a

regular: + long-term: 0

Blundell et al. (2004)

UK (2)

Intensified job search assistance/mentoring and wage subsidies, threat of sanctions

Unemployed, 18 to 24 years, longer than 6 months unemployed

First 4 months after program entry

DID using age and regional variation in eligibility

Men: + (partially due to wage subsidy) women: 0

n/a

n/a

n/a

Petrongolo (2009)

UK (4)

Reduction of amount and duration of UB and introduction of job search requirements (diary)

Male unemployment entrants 16 to 24

3 months and 6 months

DID approach

Short-run: + long-run: -

+

n/a

-

Dorsett (2006)

UK (3)

Extended job search relative to other NDYP options

Unemployed male UB benefit claimants for longer than 6 months, 18 to 24 years

Up to 1.5 years

Propensity Score Matching

+ (rel. to all other options)

0 (rel. to WS); - (rel. to training and JCS)

n/a

n/a

van den Berg et al. (2014)

UK (5)

Enrollment in NDYP - Gateway period (job search)

Unemployed for at least 6 months, 18–24 years

One month

Kernel hazard regression exploiting random timing of introduction

+

n/a

n/a

n/a