Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/82146 
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Year of Publication: 
2003
Series/Report no.: 
Working Paper No. 2003:2
Publisher: 
Institute for Labour Market Policy Evaluation (IFAU), Uppsala
Abstract: 
Just like any other employer, the municipalities can engage participants in active labor market programs in their activities. Does this possibility affect the output of municipal services? In order to answer this question a measure for output of locally provided schooling is created using factor analysis methods. It turns out that this measure is preferable to the traditionally used variable; spending. The possibility for municipalities to engage participants in active labor market programs in their activities seems to have a negative effect on the price for schooling. Prices, in turn, have a positive impact on output of schooling. Taken together, these results indicate that participants in active labor market programs contribute to production and that these contributions are not neutralized by displacement effects.
Subjects: 
Local public services
factor analysis methods
active labor market programs
JEL: 
C23
H42
H70
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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