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The Effects of a Job Creation Scheme. Evidence from Regional Variation in Programme Capacities

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In direct job creation schemes, unemployed individuals at risk of permanent labour market exclusion are offered temporary subsidised employment in public or non-profit sector firms in combination with skills training and socio-pedagogical support. The main aim is to stabilise and qualify them for later re-integration into the regular labour market. Exploiting exogenous regional variation in population-group-specific programme capacities, I find evidence that such a job creation scheme is, on average, effective in providing a bridge to a regular job. The achieved integration is, however, often not stable. Successful participants face a high risk of once again becoming unemployed.

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  • Rainer Eppel, 2014. "The Effects of a Job Creation Scheme. Evidence from Regional Variation in Programme Capacities," WIFO Working Papers 489, WIFO.
    • Handle: RePEc:wfo:wpaper:y:2014:i:489
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