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Evaluation of Swedish Youth Labour Market Programmes Author info | Abstract | Publisher info | Download info | Related research | Statistics Larsson, Laura () (Department of Economics)
This paper evaluates two Swedish active labour market programmes for youth, namely youth practice and labour market training. A non-parametric matching approach is applied to estimate the average program effects. Moreover, the results obtained by matching are compared to results from standard linear regression and probit models, and a polychotomous selectivity model. The results indicate either zero or negative effects of both programmes on earnings, re-employment probability and probability of studies in the short run, whereas some of the long-run effects are estimated positive. However, there is much heterogeneity in the estimated treatment effects among the individuals.
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Date of creation: 11 Apr 2000Date of revision:
Publication status: Published in Journal of Human Resources, 2003, pages 891-927.Handle: RePEc:hhs:uunewp:2000_006Contact details of provider: Postal: Department of Economics, Uppsala University, P. O. Box 513, SE-751 20 Uppsala, Sweden Phone: + 46 18 471 25 00 Fax: + 46 18 471 14 78 Email: Web page: http://www.nek.uu.se/ More information through EDIRC
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Keywords: Active labour market policies ; balancing score ; evaluation ; matching ; propensity score ; selection ; treatment effects ; Other versions of this item:
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