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How Effective Are State Employment Agencies? Jobcentre Use and Job Matching in Britain.

Oxford Bulletin of Economics &amp Statistics (impact factor: 1). 01/1996; 58(3):443-67. pp.443-67
Source: RePEc

ABSTRACT State sponsored employment agencies are an important source of job matching in Britain. This study tracks Jobcentre use in Britain over the previous decade and the effectiveness of Jobcentre use in securing entry into employment for those who utilise its services. Amongst the unemployed, use of Jobcentres is highly counter-cyclical. This can be attributed principally to the changing composition of the stock over the economic cycle. In good times, there are relatively more short duration, voluntary quits in the stock, who tend to rely on Jobcentres least. Jobcentres are found to have a significant positive effect on the job entry rates of its clients. The greatest beneficial impact is amongst those, the low skilled and the long term unemployed with the lowest exit rates from unemployment. Copyright 1996 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd

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