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Table 6 Evaluation studies on wage subsidies

From: Youth unemployment and active labor market policies in Europe

Author

Country

Treatment

Sample

Horizon

Estimation

Employment

Unemployment

Education

Quality/Wages

Cockx et al. (2013)

Belgium

Receipt of UB during part-time work

Women aged 18 to 25 years, unemployed for at least 9 months

Up to 12 months after the end of the program

Timing-of-events

+

n/a

n/a

n/a

Caliendo et al. (2011)

Germany (5)

Wage subsidies up to one (two) years

Up to 5 years after treatment entry

Unemployment entrants up to 25 years, East and West separately

Propensity Score Weighting

+

n/a

-

n/a

Brodaty et al. (2011)

France (2)

General or job- oriented practical training

Low-skilled unemployed below 27 years

Up to 6 month after treatment

PSM with PS derived from a competing-risk duration model

0 (relative to JCS) - relative to fixed-term contracts

n/a

n/a

n/a

Hardoy (2005)

Norway

Subsidized employment in the public and in the private sector

Unemployment entrants between 16 to 25

2 years after unemployment entry

Structural discrete choice model with selection

0

- (also ALMP participation)

+

n/a

Larrson (2003)

Sweden (6)

Youth practice (subsidized work) up to 6 months and

Youth 20 to 24 years, first-time unemployed for at least 4 months

One and two years after program start

Selection on Observables Assumption (Propensity Score Matching)

0

n/a

0

0

Bell et al. (1999)

UK (1)

Wage subsidies

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

Up to 1 year

Trend-adjusted DID

n/a

n/a

n/a

+

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: + women: 0

n/a

n/a

n/a

Dorsett (2006)

UK (3)

Wage subsidies 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)

- (rel. to all other options)

n/a

n/a