Econometric Evaluation of Labour Market Policies

Econometric Evaluation of Labour Market Policies
Author: Michael Lechner
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 364257615X

Empirical measurement of impacts of active labour market programmes has started to become a central task of economic researchers. New improved econometric methods have been developed that will probably influence future empirical work in various other fields of economics as well. This volume contains a selection of original papers from leading experts, among them James J. Heckman, Noble Prize Winner 2000 in economics, addressing these econometric issues at the theoretical and empirical level. The theoretical part contains papers on tight bounds of average treatment effects, instrumental variables estimators, impact measurement with multiple programme options and statistical profiling. The empirical part provides the reader with econometric evaluations of active labour market programmes in Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Slovak Republic and Sweden.

Microeconometric Evaluation of Labour Market Policies

Microeconometric Evaluation of Labour Market Policies
Author: Marco Caliendo
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2006-03-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3540287086

Provides an overview of the microeconometric evaluation methods for evaluation of labour market and other public policies. This book focuses on the propensity score matching method and gives guidance for its implementation. It uses this method to evaluate the employment effects of job creation schemes on the participating individuals in Germany.

The Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policies

The Evaluation of Active Labour Market Policies
Author: Jaap Koning
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 424
Release: 2007-02-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781781953013

This book argues that active labour market policies are necessary to improve the position of the unemployed but have so far performed relatively poorly. The contributing authors seek ways to improve active labour market policy and consider three means of doing so: improving the quality by better targeting and by better-designed measures, more efficient implementation and delivery, and better performance by benchmarking the various implementation agencies involved.

Evaluating Active Labour Market Policies

Evaluating Active Labour Market Policies
Author: Patrick A. Puhani
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3642586856

Most governments in today's market economies spend significant sums of money on labour market programmes. The declared aims of these programmes are to increase the re-employment chances of the unemployed. This book investigates which active labour market programmes in Poland are value for money and which are not. To this end, modern statistical methods are applied to both macro- and microeconomic data. It is shown that training programmes increase, whereas job subsidies and public works decrease the re-employment opportunities of the unemployed. In general, all active labour market policy effects are larger in absolute size for men than for women. By surveying previous studies in the field and outlining the major statistical approaches that are employed in the evaluation literature, the book can be of help to any student interested in programme evaluation irrespective of the paticular programme or country concerned.

Active Labor Market Policies

Active Labor Market Policies
Author: Robert John LaLonde
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Labor market
ISBN: 9781783479887

This timely two-volume set brings together seminal works on active labour market policies. Topics covered in this collection include econometric policy evaluation, social experiments, regression discontinuity designs, evaluations of active labour market policies and ending with final conclusions on evaluating the evaluations. Along with an original introduction by Professor LaLonde, this in-depth collection will be an invaluable source of reference for academics, scholars and practitioners.

Active Labor Market Policies

Active Labor Market Policies
Author: Robert John LaLonde
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1984
Release: 2016
Genre: Labor market
ISBN: 9781784716202

This timely research review pinpoints seminal works on active labour market policies. Topics covered in this review include econometric policy evaluation, social experiments, regression discontinuity designs, evaluations of active labour market policies and ending with final conclusions on evaluating the evaluations.

Handbook of Labor Economics

Handbook of Labor Economics
Author: Orley Ashenfelter
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 930
Release: 1999-11-18
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0080544185

Modern labor economics has continued to grow and develop since the first volumes of this Handbook were published. The subject matter of labor economics continues to have at its core an attempt to systematically find empirical analyses that are consistent with a systematic and parsimonious theoretical understanding of the diverse phenomenon that make up the labor market. As before, many of these analyses are provocative and controversial because they are so directly relevant to both public policy and private decision making. In many ways the modern development in the field of labor economics continues to set the standards for the best work in applied economics. This volume of the Handbook has a notable representation of authors - and topics of importance - from throughout the world.

International Handbook of Labour Market Policy and Evaluation

International Handbook of Labour Market Policy and Evaluation
Author: Günther Schmid
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 984
Release: 1996
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

A guide to different national labour markets and policies to combat unemployment and their outcomes. It provides an account of the rapidly growing field of labour market policy, focusing on issues such as cost-benefit analysis and school to work transition.

Econometric Methods for Labour Economics

Econometric Methods for Labour Economics
Author: Stephen Bazen
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2011-09
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0199576793

An accessible presentation of the standard statistical techniques used by labour economists. It emphasises both the input and output of empirical analysis and covers the application of five major econometric methods.