Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/34330 
Year of Publication: 
2007
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 3092
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
This paper extends the traditional focus of active labor market policy evaluation from a static comparison of participation in a program versus nonparticipation (or participation in another program) to the evaluation of the effects of program sequences, i.e. multiple participation or timing of such programs. We use a dynamic evaluation framework that explicitly allows for dynamic selection into different stages of such sequences based on past intermediate outcomes to analyze multiple programs, the timing of programs, and the order of programs. The analysis is based on exceptionally comprehensive data on the Austrian labor force. Our findings suggest that (i) active job search programs are more effective after a qualification program compared to the reverse order, that (ii) multiple participations in qualification measures dominates single participation, and that (iii) the effectiveness of specific labor market programs deteriorates the later they start during an unemployment spell.
Subjects: 
Active labor market policy
matching estimation
program evaluation
panel data
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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