Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/206419 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 19-048
Publisher: 
ZEW - Leibniz-Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung, Mannheim
Abstract: 
In this paper we analyze the effects of a German job creation scheme (JCS) on the social integration and well-being of long-term unemployed individuals. Using linked survey and administrative data for participants and a group of matched non-participants, we find significant positive effects of being employed within this program. They are larger for individuals with health impairments and above-average duration of welfare dependence. The program effects decline over time, which cannot be explained by decreasing levels of well-being and social integration of the participants. Instead, this decrease is driven by a rising share of controls who find a job and catch up to similar outcome levels as program participants. Overall, our results suggest that JCSs can be an efficient labor market policy instrument to improve the quality of life of the long-term unemployed.
Subjects: 
unemployment
active labor market policy
job creation schemes
wellbeing
social integration
matching
JEL: 
I31
J64
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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