Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/313703 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Citation: 
[Journal:] International Journal of Social Welfare [ISSN:] 1468-2397 [Volume:] 34 [Issue:] 1 [Article No.:] e12653 [Publisher:] Wiley Periodicals, Inc. [Place:] Hoboken, NJ [Year:] 2024
Publisher: 
Wiley Periodicals, Inc., Hoboken, NJ
Abstract: 
This paper analyses effects of subsidised, predominantly non‐standard, employment within the German labour market programme ‘participation in the labour market’ for long‐term welfare recipients on their health satisfaction, health‐based quality of life, satisfaction with standard of living and households' actual ownership of important goods (e.g., car or new clothes) or the lack thereof due to financial reasons. We differentiated subgroups by health, age and working hours. Data for participants and non‐participants (but entitled to welfare benefits) stem from the first two waves (2020/2021) of the panel survey ‘Quality of Life and Social Participation’. To identify causal effects, we employed matching methods based on administrative and survey data. Our findings show that 1 and 2 years after programme start, participation had significant positive effects on all indicators of health and standard of living. Thus, for the programme's focus group, subsidised employment, even if non‐standard, can contribute to improving health and material well‐being.
Subjects: 
active labour market policy (ALMP)
health
long‐term unemployment
matching analysis
material resources
non‐standard work
social participation
welfare benefits
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