Microeconometric Evaluation Of The Active Labor Market Policy In Switzerland

Download or read book Microeconometric Evaluation of the Active Labor Market Policy in Switzerland written by Michael Gerfin and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the second part of the 1990's Switzerland conducted an ambitious active labor market policy (ALMP) encompassing a wide variety of programs. We evaluate the effects of these programs on the individual employment probability of potential participants. Our econometric analysis uses unusually informative data originating from administrative unemployment and social security records. We apply a matching estimator adapted for the case of multiple programs. We find substantial positive effects for one particular program that is a unique feature of the Swiss ALMP. It consists of a wage subsidy for temporary jobs in the regular labor market that would otherwise not be taken up by the unemployed. We also find large negative effects for traditional employment programs operated in sheltered labor markets. For training courses the results are mixed.