Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/79745 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
Beiträge zur Jahrestagung des Vereins für Socialpolitik 2013: Wettbewerbspolitik und Regulierung in einer globalen Wirtschaftsordnung - Session: Labor Market Policies and Job Loss No. A18-V3
Publisher: 
ZBW - Deutsche Zentralbibliothek für Wirtschaftswissenschaften, Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Kiel und Hamburg
Abstract: 
In this paper, we provide a quantitative answer to the question what types of active labour market programmes (ALMPs) work for immigrants. From the existing literature, we identify 24 research papers estimating 79 short-run treatment effects of ALMPs on immigrants. We perform a meta-analysis of these findings based on the sign and significance of the estimates. This allows us to present quantitative evidence for the relative effectiveness for immigrants of different types of ALMPs. Our finding that only subsidised private-sector employment can be recommended is relevant to European policymakers allocating scarce resources in the face of high immigrant unemployment.
JEL: 
J15
J61
I38
Document Type: 
Conference Paper

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