Butschek Sebastian’s research while affiliated with ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research and other places

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What Active Labour Market Programmes Work for Immigrants in Europe? A Meta-Analysis of the Evaluation Literature
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January 2013

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SSRN Electronic Journal

Butschek Sebastian

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Thomas Walter

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

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... This category includes spending on public employment services and administration, labour market training, special programs for youth when in transition from school to work, labour market programs to provide or promote employment for unemployed and other persons (excluding young and disabled persons) and special programs for the disabled". Active labor market policies (ALMPs) usually incorporate language and introduction courses, job search assistance, training programs, and subsidized public and private-sector employment (Butschek and Walter 2014). Butschek and Walter performed a meta-analysis of 33 evaluation studies on ALMPs on immigrants and concluded that wage subsidies were more efficient for immigrant integration than public works and training programs. ...

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Investigating Public–Private Cooperation in Migrant Labor Market Integration: A System Dynamics Study to Explore the Challenge for Greece
What Active Labour Market Programmes Work for Immigrants in Europe? A Meta-Analysis of the Evaluation Literature

SSRN Electronic Journal

Butschek Sebastian

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Thomas Walter