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The performance of Portuguese job-centers

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  • Dario Sciulli

    (University of Chieti-Pescara)

  • António Gomes de Menezes

    (University of the Azores)

Abstract

This paper analyzes the performance of the country-wide system of 86 job-centers in Portugal, which have the public mandate of matching unemployed individuals with vacancies. The paper uses a rich micro dataset for the years 1998-2002 which allows the construction of individual unemployment duration spells and subsequent employment outcomes, while observing individual characteristics such as age, education, gender and past job experiences and other labour-market variables defined at the local-labour market or jobcenter level. Among the several conclusions and policy recommendations, it should be noted that job-centers are a most important resource in promoting the matching of young and unskilled workers and of workers with no previous job experiences.

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  • Dario Sciulli & António Gomes de Menezes, 2018. "The performance of Portuguese job-centers," EKONOMIAZ. Revista vasca de Economía, Gobierno Vasco / Eusko Jaurlaritza / Basque Government, vol. 93(01), pages 108-133.
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    Keywords

    análisis de supervivencia; duranción del desempleo ; job-centers performance; matching rate ; public employment service; resultados de los centros de empleo; servicio público de empleo; survival analysis; tasa de colocación; unemployment duration;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • J68 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Public Policy
    • J64 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search
    • C14 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General

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