Tag
active_labor_market_policy
4 findings
DevelopmentCapital Injection Superiority Over Skills TrainingEmpirical evidence across fragile states shows minimal support for the effectiveness of skills training programs alone, demonstrating that cash and capital injections generate significantly larger and more sustained income and health impacts.Meta-AnalysisLabour & employmentCausal Wage Returns to Short-Term Work ExperienceAcquiring 5 days of short-term work experience increased average daily wages by $3.83 (representing an approximate 80% wage increase) over the 8-month follow-up period and increased subsequent employment probability by 6.8 to 8.8 percentage points.RCTLabour & employmentPublic Intensive Job Search CounselingAssigned personal advisors to maximum 40 clients for weekly meetings over six months at an estimated cost of €657 per client. Increased exit rate to employment by 50% within six months (a 10.2 percentage point increase from a baseline of 20.7%). Increased likelihood of finding a job lasting at least six months by 34% (a 7.2 percentage point increase). Reduced net costs to government per job seeker slightly, though the cost difference was not statistically significant.RCTLabour & employmentSocial Job Network ExpansionAcquiring short-term work experience increased the probability of receiving any job referral by 22.2 percentage points (p < 0.05) and increased the overall social network index by 0.306 standard deviations (p < 0.10) over the 8-month follow-up period.RCT