Costs and benefits of Danish active labour market programmes

By S. Jespersen, J. Munch, Lars Skipper. 2008

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Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, General Health Professions, Statistics and Probability

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Sensitivity of Matching-Based Program Evaluations to the Availability of Control Variables (2013, background): “We also argue that the programs we analyse for West Germany, namely job search assistance and training, are not only the most widely used programs in OECD countries but are also typical in terms of their contents, implementation, and selection of participants.”
Unobservable, but unimportant? The relevance of usually unobserved variables for the evaluation of labor market policies☆ (2017, background): “…in training programs are induced by ‘locking-in’ effects, i.e. lower employment in early periods due to a reduction of participants' search effort before and during program participation (e.g. Van Ours, 2004; Jespersen et al., 2008). collar worker when the individuals were 15 years old.”
The Impact of Vocational Training for the Unemployed: Experimental Evidence from Turkey (2014, unknown): “This finding that impacts are higher with private provision is consistent with some non-experimental work (e.g. Jespersen et al, 2008) but to our knowledge this is the first time it has been found in an experimental setting.”
Are Training Programs More Effective When Unemployment Is High? (2009, unknown): “…some wage subsidies and training programs increase employability and earnings (e.g. Couch, 1992; Hotz, Imbens, and Klerman, 2000; Winter-Ebmer, 2001; Jacobson, LaLonde, and Sullivan, 2004; Jespersen, Munch, and Skipper, 2004; Fitzenberger and Speckesser, 2005; Lechner, Miquel, and Wunsch, 2005).”
Social determinants of mental health (2014, unknown): “Incredible Years programmes have been implemented in 20 countries and territories, including Denmark, Finland, the occupied Palestinian territory, and the Russian Federation (Incredible Years, 2013).”