Author:
Butschek Sebastian,Walter Thomas
Abstract
Abstract
A growing body of programme evaluation literature recognises immigrants as a disadvantaged group in European labour markets and investigates the employment effects of Active Labour Market Programmes (ALMPs) on this subgroup. So far, however, there is no systematic review establishing which ALMPs are effective for immigrants. Using a meta-analysis, we condense 93 estimates from 33 empirical studies of the effectiveness of four types of ALMPs employed across Europe to combat immigrant unemployment: training, job search assistance, wage subsidies and subsidised public sector employment. We find that only wage subsidies can be confidently recommended to European policy-makers.
Jel codes: J15, J61, J68, I38
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Sociology and Political Science,Anthropology,Demography
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