What Works for Whom? Youth Labour Market Policy in Poland

Madoń, Karol; Magda, Iga; Palczyńska, Marta; Smoter, Mateusz

doi:10.2139/ssrn.4114331

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“…While Rinne et al (2013) found the positive reform effect only for skilled individuals, Stefanik (2021) provided a contrasting example, with the low-skilled (ISCED 0-2) participants benefiting from training par-ticipation slightly more than high-skilled (ISCED 5-6) participants, especially in the longer run, and no reform effect. Madoń et al (2021) found a difference between chosen and standard type of training for onthe-job training, but not for the classroom training.…”

Section: Previous Empirical Evidence On the Impact Of Training Programsmentioning

confidence: 78%

“…This paper discussed the politically relevant issue of whether chosen training could allocate the unemployed better to appropriate training programs, potentially leading to improved program effects. Researchers in other EU countries, including Eastern European countries, also addressed this topic (Rinne et al, 2013;Stefanik, 2021;Madoń et al, 2021). These analyses generally argued that involvement of the unemployed in program selection is in some ways positive for program effects.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…It can also be argued that it takes time for attained qualifications to be further developed and recognised by employers. Rinne et al (2013), Stefanik (2021), and Madoń et al (2021) addressed the issue of change of program allocation for effects of the programs. Rinne et al (2013) concluded that the medium term (1.5 years) effects were more promising after the allocation reform due to institutional effect.…”

Section: Previous Empirical Evidence On the Impact Of Training Programsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This article evaluates the active labour market policy instrument called 'chosen training' (in Czech zvolené rekvalifikace), introduced to the Czech labour market policy in 2012. Policymakers introduced similar reforms in Germany (Rinne et al, 2013), Slovakia (Stefanik, 2021) and Poland (Madoń et al, 2021). This new instrument allows the registered unemployed much more freedom to choose their supposed future career path by selecting the preferred profession for training and preferred training provider than traditional standard training programs.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Comparing Innovative ‘Chosen Training’ with ‘Standard Training’ in Czechia: How Did the New Program Help?

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Horáková

2023

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This paper evaluates the active labour market policy instrument called ‘chosen training’ (in Czech zvolené rekvalifikace), introduced to the Czech labour market policy in 2012. This new instrument allows the registered unemployed much more freedom to choose their supposed future career path by selecting the preferred profession for training and preferred training provider than traditional standard training programs. The added value of this paper is in the intentional linking of the provision of new measures with the assessment of impacts. The methodology of this text is based on quantitative program assessment. We used PES administrative data OK Práce for programmes implemented in 2016 and tracked the outcomes for 2016-2020. We compare a new instrument with more traditional training programs that continue to be provided alongside the new tool. We concluded that chosen training provided better results than standard training, and we addressed some of the reasons behind the perceived difference.

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Section: Previous Empirical Evidence On the Impact Of Training Programsmentioning

confidence: 78%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Previous Empirical Evidence On the Impact Of Training Programsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Comparing Innovative ‘Chosen Training’ with ‘Standard Training’ in Czechia: How Did the New Program Help?

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Horáková

2023

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“…Hora and Sirovátka (2020) report positive effects of a Czech hiring subsidy (which was supplemented by mentoring to those in need) on leaving the unemployment register. Madoń et al (2021) find that the hiring subsidy works better than most other ALMP in Poland, especially for women. Stefánik et al (2020) report positive effects of a subsidised part‐time (and mainly public‐sector) internship scheme introduced in Slovakia, which paid a flat rate allowance to interns for 3 to 6 months (employers had no obligation to pay any wage or taxes).…”

Section: Earlier Evidencementioning

confidence: 99%

A job trial subsidy for youth: Cheap labour or a screening device?

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This paper evaluates a 90‐day hiring subsidy designed for young jobseekers aged below 25, introduced in Hungary in 2015 as part of the Youth Guarantee programme. The subsidy covers the total wage cost with no obligation to retain the new hire when the subsidy expires. The analysis is based on linked administrative data on registered unemployment, cognitive skills measured around age 15, healthcare, and social security records. The causal impact of the subsidy on subsequent employment is identified in comparison to participants of a uniquely large public works programme, using propensity score matching with exceptionally rich controls. The estimates indicate significant positive effects: participants spent 14–20 days more in employment within 6 months after the programme ended in the whole sample. The impact is weaker on the 12‐month horizon. We find that the subsidy works well as a screening device: the programme has the highest impact on youths who have very low levels of schooling (8 years of primary school or less), but scored high on cognitive skills tests. One potential explanation is that employers tend to retain those with better cognitive skills, irrespective of their formal qualifications. We also find some indication that the subsidy is (mis)used by some employers to hire short term, seasonal workers.

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Supporting the right workplace experience: a dynamic evaluation of three activation programmes for young job seekers in Slovakia

Štefánik,

Lafférs

2024

J Labour Market Res

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This paper investigates three alternative active labour market policy programmes available to young job seekers in Slovakia who were registered in 2011. All of the programmes facilitate gaining work experience and share a comparable design; however, they differ mainly in the collected workplace experience and the composition of participants. Using administrative data, we first explore the selection into each programme; second, we estimate the treatment effects on job seekers’ postparticipation absence from the registry of the unemployed. For this we argue that we have sufficiently rich data to control for selection into programs. We use a dynamic estimator and report the average treatment effects of participation in different periods between the sixth and fifteenth month after starting unemployment. For participation in earlier stages of unemployment, we confirm differences in the programmes impacts, with patterns described by previous literature; workplace experience collected in either the private sector or in a regular workplace appears to improve the chances of absence from registered unemployment of young job seekers relatively more than does participation in a public works type of programme. When compared later in the unemployment spell, the between-programme differences level out. Despite its ambivalent average impact, the public works type of programme positively impacts specific subgroups of participants.

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What Works for Whom? Youth Labour Market Policy in Poland

Cited by 5 publications

References 25 publications

Comparing Innovative ‘Chosen Training’ with ‘Standard Training’ in Czechia: How Did the New Program Help?

Comparing Innovative ‘Chosen Training’ with ‘Standard Training’ in Czechia: How Did the New Program Help?

A job trial subsidy for youth: Cheap labour or a screening device?

Supporting the right workplace experience: a dynamic evaluation of three activation programmes for young job seekers in Slovakia

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