Evaluating the Effectiveness of Active Labor Programs in Hungary

How Flexible are Labour Markets in the EU Accession Countries Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic?

“…In 1995, for example, the labour offices succeeded in filling just 30% of vacancies notified (OECD, 1997b, p. 110). An econometric study has revealed mixed results: although public job-placement services improved the employment and earnings situation of some job-seekers, it failed to do so in the case of others (O'Leary, 1998b). Several factors are responsible for the relatively low degree of efficiency of the public job-placement services.…”

Promoting Self Employment Among the Unemployed in Hungary and Poland

“…They maintain that the degree of substitution increases as a program matures. 20 Elias and Whitfield (1987) examined the effect of displacement from the U.K. enterprise allowance scheme.…”

“…However, these factors are irrelevant at the individual level and very difficult to measure at the social level. 20 The investigation summarized here focused on net impacts of self-employment assistance, and the comparison group design automatically accounts for possible deadweight loss by comparing ALP participants to otherwise similar nonparticipants. A subgroup analysis of net impacts provides a foundation for targeting.…”

“…25 O'Leary (1998aO'Leary ( , 1998b presents impact estimates computed by matched pairs and a variety of regression methods. The various net impact estimation methods yielded estimates which were not significantly different from one another.…”

‘Beautiful Serbia’ ‐ objective and subjective outcomes of active labour market policy in a transition economy

“…Studies evaluating labour market programmes in Eastern Europewith rather mixed resultsinclude studies focusing on Poland (Kluve et al, 1999;O'Leary, 1998b;Puhani, 2002;Puhani and Steiner, 1997), Romania (Rodríguez-Planas, 2010;Rodríyguez-Planas and Benus, 2010), Slovakia (Lubyova and van Ours, 1999), Hungary (Micklewright and Nagy, 2010;O'Leary, 1998a) and Estonia (Leetmaa and Võrk, 2004). Studies evaluating labour market programmes in Eastern Europewith rather mixed resultsinclude studies focusing on Poland (Kluve et al, 1999;O'Leary, 1998b;Puhani, 2002;Puhani and Steiner, 1997), Romania (Rodríguez-Planas, 2010;Rodríyguez-Planas and Benus, 2010), Slovakia (Lubyova and van Ours, 1999), Hungary (Micklewright and Nagy, 2010;O'Leary, 1998a) and Estonia (Leetmaa and Võrk, 2004).…”