Anna Adamecz-Völgyi1,2, Petra Zsuzsa Lévay3, Katalin Bördős4, Ágota Scharle1. 1. 1 Budapest Institute for Policy Analysis, Hungary. 2. 2 Central European University, Budapest, Hungary. 3. 3 Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy, University of Antwerp, Belgium. 4. 4 HÉTFA Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary.
Abstract
AIMS: The paper estimates the impact of a supported employment programme implemented in Hungary. METHODS: This is a non-experimental evaluation using a matching identification strategy supported by rich data on individual characteristics, personal employment and unemployment history and the local labour market situation. We use a time-window approach to ensure that programme participants and matched controls entered unemployment at the same point in time, and thus faced very similar labour market conditions. RESULTS: We find that the programme had a positive effect of 16 percentage points on the probability of finding a job among men and 25 percentage points among women. The alternative outcome indicator of not re-entering the unemployment registry shows somewhat smaller effects in the case of women. CONCLUSIONS: In comparison to similarly costly programmes that do not facilitate employment in the primary labour market, rehabilitation services represent a viable alternative.
AIMS: The paper estimates the impact of a supported employment programme implemented in Hungary. METHODS: This is a non-experimental evaluation using a matching identification strategy supported by rich data on individual characteristics, personal employment and unemployment history and the local labour market situation. We use a time-window approach to ensure that programme participants and matched controls entered unemployment at the same point in time, and thus faced very similar labour market conditions. RESULTS: We find that the programme had a positive effect of 16 percentage points on the probability of finding a job among men and 25 percentage points among women. The alternative outcome indicator of not re-entering the unemployment registry shows somewhat smaller effects in the case of women. CONCLUSIONS: In comparison to similarly costly programmes that do not facilitate employment in the primary labour market, rehabilitation services represent a viable alternative.
Authors: Robert A Macpherson; Ailin He; Benjamin C Amick Iii; Mieke Koehoorn; Christopher B McLeod Journal: Scand J Work Environ Health Date: 2021-12-13 Impact factor: 5.492