Do Regions Benefit from Active Labour Market Policies? A Macroeconometric Evaluation Using Spatial Panel Methods. Issue 4 (2nd April 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dauth, Wolfgang; Hujer, Reinhard; Wolf, Katja
• Is Part Of: Regional studies. Volume 50:Issue 4(2016)
• Page Start: 692
• Page End: 708
• Publication Date: 2016-04-02
• Subjects: Evaluation -- Regional labour markets -- Active labour market policy -- Spatial dynamic panel data model; 评估 -- 区域劳动市场 -- 积极的劳动市场政策 -- 空间动态面板数据模型; Évaluation -- Marchés du travail régionaux -- Politique en faveur du marché du travail -- Modèle des données de panel dynamique spatial; Bewertung -- Regionale Arbeitsmärkte -- Aktive Arbeitsmarktpolitik -- Räumlich dynamisches Paneldatenmodell; Evaluación -- Mercados laborales regionales -- Política activa del mercado laboral -- Modelo de datos de panel dinámico y espacial; C33 -- H43 -- J64 -- R11; Regional planning -- Periodicals; Regional planning -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 307.14
• DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2014.931571
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0034-3404

Abstract

Abstract : Dauth W., Hujer R. and Wolf K. Do regions benefit from active labour market policies? A macroeconometric evaluation using spatial panel methods, Regional Studies . The effect of active labour market policies on all job seekers in a region is assessed using the variation in the participation in these programmes across regions over time. The starting point is an augmented regional matching function, which is extended by allowing for a heterogeneous search effectiveness parameter for current participants and job seekers who finished a measure recently. A spatial dynamic panel data model is estimated by using a quasi-ML estimation procedure. It is found that job schemes in the non-profit sector, wage subsidies and advancement of apprenticeships significantly increase the regional number of matches.