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Type	Working Paper
Scope	Discipline-based scholarship
Title	The Impact of Active Labor Market Programs on the Duration of Unemployment
Organization Unit	Macroeconomics and Labor Markets (Josef Zweimüller)
Authors	Rafael Lalive Jan C van Ours Josef Zweimüller
Language	English
Institution	University of Zurich
Series Name	Working paper series / Institute for Empirical Research in Economics
Number	No. 41
ISSN	1424-0459
Date	2002
Abstract Text	In 1997, the Swiss government introduced active labor market programs on a large scale to improve the job chances of unemployed workers. This paper evaluates the effect of these programs on the duration of unemployment. Our evaluation methodology allows for selectivity affecting the inflow into programs. We find that in most cases the programs do not reduce the duration of unemployment. The exception is the program of temporary wage subsidies which reduces unemployment, but only for foreign workers. From a cost-benefit point of view, temporary wage subsidies seem to be the only program worthwhile pursuing.
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