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Can the modernisation of a public employment service be an effective labour market intervention? The Hungarian experience, 2004-2008

European Journal of Government and Economics

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Title Can the modernisation of a public employment service be an effective labour market intervention? The Hungarian experience, 2004-2008
 
Creator Cseres-Gergely, Zsombor
 
Subject older workers, youth employment, labour demand, public sector
J14; J23; J45
 
Description The Public Employment Service often delivers much of the employment policy including active labour market programmes in many member states in the EU, yet we know little about its effectiveness in general. This paper provides a quantitative assessment of the potential impact of the modernisation programme of the Hungarian Public Employment service between 2004 and 2008. Using data at the level of local offices, I calculate programme effects using a difference-in-difference estimator. Results show that the programme has increased re-employment rates significantly, by 6%. The modernisation was thus a moderately effective but relatively inexpensive intervention, similar in terms of cost-effectiveness to the better active labour market programmes in Hungary.
 
Publisher Europa Grande
 
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Date 2012-12-31
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://www.ejge.org/index.php/ejge/article/view/7
 
Source European Journal of Government and Economics; Vol 1, No 2 (2012); 145-162
2254-7088
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://www.ejge.org/index.php/ejge/article/view/7/25
 
Rights Copyright (c) 2012 Zsombor Cseres-Gergely
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