Macroeconometric evaluation of active labour market policies in Austria
Dauth, Wolfgang ; Hujer, Reinhard ; Wolf, Katja
Institute of Labor Economics, Bonn
IZA - Bonn
2010
1 v.
evaluation ; job searching ; macroeconomics ; statistics ; labour market policy
Discussion Paper Series
5217
Labour market
English
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"This paper contributes to the literature on macroeconometric evaluation of active labour market policies (ALMP) by considering the regional effects on both the matching process and the job-seeker rate. We use an unique new data set on all Austrian job-seekers between 2001 to 2007 and apply GMM and Quasi-ML estimators to take into account both the simultaneity of ALMP and spatial interrelations between employment office districts. The results indicate that job schemes in the non-profit sector, wage subsidies, and apprenticeships cause particularly favourable effects on the regional matching function and the job-seeker rate."
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