PROTOCOL: Interventions to Improve Labour Market Outcomes of Youth: A Systematic Review of Active Labour Market Programmes

Kluve, Jochen; Puerto, Susana; Stoeterau, Jonathan; Weidenkaff, Felix; Witte, Marc; Robalino, David A.; Romero, José Manuel; Rother, Friederike

doi:10.1002/cl2.123

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“…Quite a number of studies have been conducted as a means of compiling a comprehensive list of supply-side employment interventions (Betcherman, Godfrey, Puerto, Rother, & Stavreska, 2007;Bertrand et al, 2013;Burchell, Coutts, Hall , & Pye, 2015; Cho & Honorati, 2014; Cunningham, http://www.sajip.co.za Open Access -Puerta, & Wuermli, 2010;Dar & Tzannatos, 1999;Kluve, 2014;Kluve et al, 2014Kluve et al, , 2016. However, within the South African context, these inventories are somewhat more limited (see CDE, 2008a;Development Bank of Southern Africa, 2011;Economic of Regions Learning Network, 2015;ILO, 2012).…”

Section: Development Of Labour Market Intervention Frameworkmentioning

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Labour market interventions to assist the unemployed in two townships in South Africa

Paver

Rothmann

Broeck

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SA j. ind. psychol.

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Orientation: Given the absence of organised and accessible information on programmes relating to unemployment in South Africa, it may be difficult for beneficiaries to derive value from existing programmes; and for stakeholders to identify possible gaps in order to direct their initiatives accordingly.Research purpose: The purpose of this study was to conduct a review of existing employment initiatives within two low-income communities in South Africa, with the aim of identifying possible gaps in better addressing the needs of the unemployed.Motivation for the study: Unemployment in South Africa does not appear to be the result of a lack of initiatives or a lack of stakeholder involvement, but rather the result of haphazard implementation of interventions. In order to intervene more effectively, addressing the identified gaps, organising and better distribution of information for beneficiaries is suggested.Research approach, design and method: The data were collected via documentary research complemented with structured interviews. Relevant documents (N = 166) and participants (N = 610) were consulted during the data collection phase, using convenience and purposive sampling.Main findings: A total of 496 unemployment programmes were identified. Most of the interventions were implemented by the government. Vocational training followed by enterprise development and business skills training were the most implemented programmes. Less than 6% of programmes contained psychosocial aspects that are necessary to help the unemployed deal with the psychological consequences of unemployment. Finally, in general, benefactors involved in alleviating unemployment seem unaware of employment initiatives in their communities.Practical and managerial implications: The compilation of an inventory of employment programmes may be valuable, as it will assist in identifying the most prominent needs of the South African labour market.Contribution or value-add: This study contributes to scientific knowledge regarding the availability of existing unemployment programmes, projects and interventions, and the need for specific interventions.

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Section: Development Of Labour Market Intervention Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Because many young people drop out of mainstream education, finding employment may be especially challenging (ERLN, 2015). One approach to enhancing their employability may be programmes that focus on education (Kluve et al, 2014). These programmes can be divided into formal and informal programmes.…”

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Labour market interventions to assist the unemployed in two townships in South Africa

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Rothmann

Broeck

et al. 2019

SA j. ind. psychol.

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“…A discourse of exclusion and work through contacts ‘ wasta ’ emerges as both young men and women describe their employment potential given the strong segmentation of the labour market in Egypt (Barsoum, ). This discourse thrives in the absence of effective active labour market policies that support the transition to the labour market through skill training, job search mediation or other interventions (Kluve et al, ). In fact, Barsoum () showed that active labour market policies in Egypt generally fail to have a wider outreach due to the limited capacity of their implementers and that they are more focused on male youth.…”

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‘Women, work and family’: Educated women's employment decisions and social policies in Egypt

Barsoum

2018

Gender Work & Organization

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Despite increased access to education, women's conspicuous absence from the labour market in Egypt, and the Arab world in general, has been a key issue. Building on the stock of evidence on women's employment, this study provides a qualitative analysis of the torrent of challenges that educated married and unmarried women face as they venture into the labour market in Egypt. Single women highlight constrained opportunities due to job scarcity and compromised job quality. Issues of low pay, long hours, informality and workplace suitability to gender propriety norms come to the fore in the interview data. Among married working women, the conditions of the work domain are compounded by challenges of time deprivation and weak family and social support. The article highlights women's calculated and aptly negotiated decisions to work or opt out of the labour market in the face of such challenges. The analysis takes issue with the culturalist view that reduces women's employment decisions to ideology. It brings to the context of Arab countries three global arguments pertaining to the inseparability of work and family for women; the role of social policies and labour market conditions in defining women's employment decisions; and the potential disconnect between employment and empowerment. By looking at women as jobseekers and workers, the analysis particularly highlights the intersectionality of different forms of inequality in defining employment opportunities.

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“…Active labor market programs (ALMP) in various forms have also been implemented in some countries in order to improve skill matching between job-seekers and employers. The bulk of research on this topic consists of specific program evaluations and points to a positive, albeit limited and mixed, impact of ALMP on youth employment (see Kluve et al 2017). The aggregate impact of national ALMP expenditures on overall youth employment is, however, a less studied topic.…”

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Youth employment decline and the structural change of skill

Tåhlin

Westerman

2018

European Societies

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Labor market prospects for youth have deteriorated significantly in many OECD countries over recent decades. While the extent and consequences of falling youth employment are commonly studied, attempts at understanding its causes have been much more limited. The present paper attempts to fill this explanatory gap. We suggest that the secular decline in youth employment can be accounted for by the structural change of skill. This process of structural change has two interrelated components: (a) one part where skill supply (individual educational attainment) and skill demand (educational requirements of jobs) grow together in what can be called matched upgrading and (b) another part where excess skill supply leads to mismatch and crowding-out. These components of skill growth have commonly been treated separately and incompletely in the literature. We build on both of them in developing our account of why the labor market for youth has weakened. Using data on 10 European countries from the EU Labor Force Surveys over the period 1998 to 2015, we estimate associations between the structural change of skill and youth employment decline. The main conclusion is that both matched skill upgrading and overeducation are strongly and negatively linked to young people's employment chances.

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PROTOCOL: Interventions to Improve Labour Market Outcomes of Youth: A Systematic Review of Active Labour Market Programmes

Cited by 11 publications

References 55 publications

Labour market interventions to assist the unemployed in two townships in South Africa

Labour market interventions to assist the unemployed in two townships in South Africa

‘Women, work and family’: Educated women's employment decisions and social policies in Egypt

Youth employment decline and the structural change of skill

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