Table 7 Evaluation studies on public work programs
From: Youth unemployment and active labor market policies in Europe
Author | Country | Treatment | Sample | Horizon | Estimation | Employment | Unemployment | Education | Quality/Wages |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(Bonnal et al. (1997) | France (1) | Public sector working schemes | Young men who were less than 26 years, low or high levels of education | 1 month, 6–12 months and > 12 months after participation | Multiproportional hazard model with mutiple spells and unobserved heterogeneity | Low educ: 0 high educ: - | (proba of unemployment over 1 year) low educ - high educ 0 | n/a | (proba of employment over 1 year) low educ: + high educ: - |
Brodaty et al. (2011) | France (2) | Job creation schemes, part-time, minimum wage receipt | Long-term unemployed, low-skilled below 25 years | Up to 6 months after treatment | Propensity Score Matching with PS derived from a competing-risk duration model | 0 (relative to general or practical training) - relative to fixed-term contracts | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Achatz et al. (2012) | Germany (1) | Public-Work-Program (One-Euro Jobs), up to 6 months, 30 hours per week | 18–30 year old recipients of means-tested UB benefits entering treatment within 9 weeks of start of receipt, male/female | Up to 30 months | Propensity Score Matching | Men: - women: 0 single-mothers with children: - | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Caliendo et al. (2008) | Germany (4) | Job Creation Schemes (JCS) | Unemployed less than 25 years | Up to 35 months | Propensity Score Matching | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
Caliendo et al. (2011) | Germany (5) | Job creation schemes | Unemployment entrants up to 25 years, East and West separately | Up to 5 years after treatment entry | Propensity Score Weighting | East: - West: 0 | n/a | East: - West: 0 | n/a |
Hohmeyer and Wolff (2007) | Germany (7) | Public-Work-Program (One-Euro Jobs) | Social welfare recipients below the age of 25 | Up to 25 months | Propensity Score Matching | West: 0 East: 0 | West: + East: 0 | n/a | n/a |
Wolff et al. (2010) | Germany (10) | Public-Work-Program (One-Euro Jobs) | Unemployed between 15 to 24 years (male, female in East and West, Em/Ef/Wm/Wf) | Up to 28 month | Propensity Score Matching | Em/Ef/Wm/Wf: 0 | Ef: + Em/Wm/Wf: 0 | Em: + Ef/Wm/Wf: 0 | n/a |
Dorsett (2006) | UK (3) | Job creation schemes 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 |