Kluve, Jochen ;
Lehmann, Hartmut ;
Schmidt, Christoph M.
(2007)
Disentangling Treatment Effects of Active Labor Market Policies: The Role of Labor Force Status Sequences.
Bologna:
Dipartimento di Scienze economiche DSE,
p. 38.
DOI
10.6092/unibo/amsacta/4630.
In: Quaderni - Working Paper DSE
(620).
ISSN 2282-6483.
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Abstract
This paper estimates treatment effects of two active labor market policies – a
training program and a wage subsidy scheme – on participants' employment probabilities.
The analysis is based on unique data from the 18th wave of the Polish Labor Force Survey
containing detailed and extensive individual labor force status histories. We discuss two
variants of an exact covariate matching procedure adapted to the specific nature of the
data. Our study confirms and reinforces a point raised in recent research (Heckman and
Smith 1999, 2004), that pre-treatment labor force status dynamics play a decisive role in
determining program participation. We implement a conditional difference-in-differences
estimator of treatment effects based on these individual trinomial sequences of pretreatment
labor market status. The estimator employs a “moving window” technique that
nicely controls for changes in the macroeconomic environment over time. Our findings
suggest that training raises individual employment probability, while wage subsidies display
negative treatment effects for participants in the Polish case.
Abstract
This paper estimates treatment effects of two active labor market policies – a
training program and a wage subsidy scheme – on participants' employment probabilities.
The analysis is based on unique data from the 18th wave of the Polish Labor Force Survey
containing detailed and extensive individual labor force status histories. We discuss two
variants of an exact covariate matching procedure adapted to the specific nature of the
data. Our study confirms and reinforces a point raised in recent research (Heckman and
Smith 1999, 2004), that pre-treatment labor force status dynamics play a decisive role in
determining program participation. We implement a conditional difference-in-differences
estimator of treatment effects based on these individual trinomial sequences of pretreatment
labor market status. The estimator employs a “moving window” technique that
nicely controls for changes in the macroeconomic environment over time. Our findings
suggest that training raises individual employment probability, while wage subsidies display
negative treatment effects for participants in the Polish case.
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Monograph
(Working Paper)
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Keywords
Active Labor Market Policy, exact matching, moving window, determinants of
program participation.
Subjects
ISSN
2282-6483
DOI
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Last modified
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Document type
Monograph
(Working Paper)
Creators
Keywords
Active Labor Market Policy, exact matching, moving window, determinants of
program participation.
Subjects
ISSN
2282-6483
DOI
Deposit date
16 Feb 2016 14:23
Last modified
16 Feb 2016 14:23
URI
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