Why targeting matters: The apprenticeship program for youth in the Czech Republic

Hora, Ondřej; Sirovátka, Tomáš

doi:10.1111/spol.12598

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“…First, ALMPs tend to be more effective for the reform had, at best, neutral effects on employment and unemployment. Hora and Sirovátka (2020) analyse an apprenticeship programme implemented under the YG in the Czech Republic. They show that this had a positive impact on the outflow from unemployment for long-term unemployed and mediumskilled youths, but weak effects for the short-term and medium-term unemployed, as well as for lowskilled and high-skilled youth.…”

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Vocational training for unemployed youth in Latvia

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We analyze the effectiveness of a vocational training (VT) programme targeting unemployed youth in Latvia, contributing to the scant literature on active labour market policies in transition countries. The programme we analyse is part of the Youth Guarantee scheme (2014–2020), the largest action launched by the European Union to combat youth unemployment after the 2008 financial crisis. Although the programme was targeted to youths aged between 15 and 29, priority was given to those younger than 25 years of age. We exploit this eligibility rule in a fuzzy regression discontinuity design framework to estimate the impact of VT participation on the probability of being employed and gross monthly labour income at given dates after the training. Using rich administrative data, we find that the age priority rule increased programme participation for the youngest group by about 10 percentage points. However, participation in the programme did not lead to statistically significant positive effects in labour market outcomes. We argue that this result could be due to some specific characteristics of the programme, namely the voucher system (potentially inducing lock-in effects) and the type of training (classroom instead of on-the-job training). Moreover, the programme was targeted at ex-ante low-employable individuals (e.g. without vocational qualifications), a fact that is confirmed by our analysis of the characteristics of the population of compliers with the age priority rule.

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“…Case-based studies exploring the dynamics of programme design and implementation report a range of unequal distributive effects of ALMPs (Hora and Sirovátka, 2020; Im and Shin, 2022; Knize et al, 2021). Scholars highlight how ALMP interventions can paradoxically favour high- and middle-class youth (that is, the Matthew effect) (see Bonoli et al, 2017), raising barriers to access or hindering participation for specific disadvantaged subgroups.…”

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What, for whom, and under what circumstances: Do activation policies increase youth employment in the EU?

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Scandurra

2023

Journal of European Social Policy

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Activation measures have assumed a prominent role within policy perspectives aimed at increasing labour market participation to support welfare sustainability. Most comparative studies on active labour market policies (ALMPs) have been conducted at the national level, although several scholars recently stressed the need to consider more carefully the territorial dimension of social policies. This article addresses this research gap by providing quantitative estimates of the territorial effect of national ALMPs provision on youth employment in European regions. We find that regional contextual traits, which can present a variety of configurations, play a significant role in moderating the effects of ALMPs. Divergent outcomes per type and level of education also highlight the complexity of the landscape for ALMPs’ design and implementation. Our analysis helps identify the institutional and contextual conditions that require evaluation when designing and implementing policies targeting young people.

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“…Evaluations of hiring subsidies targeting youth in the CEE region also focus on longer schemes of 6 to 18 months. Hora and Sirovátka (2020) report positive effects of a Czech hiring subsidy (which was supplemented by mentoring to those in need) on leaving the unemployment register. Madoń et al (2021) find that the hiring subsidy works better than most other ALMP in Poland, especially for women.…”

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A job trial subsidy for youth: Cheap labour or a screening device?

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This paper evaluates a 90‐day hiring subsidy designed for young jobseekers aged below 25, introduced in Hungary in 2015 as part of the Youth Guarantee programme. The subsidy covers the total wage cost with no obligation to retain the new hire when the subsidy expires. The analysis is based on linked administrative data on registered unemployment, cognitive skills measured around age 15, healthcare, and social security records. The causal impact of the subsidy on subsequent employment is identified in comparison to participants of a uniquely large public works programme, using propensity score matching with exceptionally rich controls. The estimates indicate significant positive effects: participants spent 14–20 days more in employment within 6 months after the programme ended in the whole sample. The impact is weaker on the 12‐month horizon. We find that the subsidy works well as a screening device: the programme has the highest impact on youths who have very low levels of schooling (8 years of primary school or less), but scored high on cognitive skills tests. One potential explanation is that employers tend to retain those with better cognitive skills, irrespective of their formal qualifications. We also find some indication that the subsidy is (mis)used by some employers to hire short term, seasonal workers.

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Why targeting matters: The apprenticeship program for youth in the Czech Republic

Cited by 11 publications

References 49 publications

Vocational training for unemployed youth in Latvia

Vocational training for unemployed youth in Latvia

What, for whom, and under what circumstances: Do activation policies increase youth employment in the EU?

A job trial subsidy for youth: Cheap labour or a screening device?

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