Do Labour Market Programmes Speed up the Return to Work?

• Autores: Knut Røed, Oddbjørn Raaum
• Localización: Oxford bulletin of economics and statistics, ISSN 0305-9049, Vol. 68, Nº. 5, 2006, págs. 541-568
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • We evaluate the impact of labour market programmes on unemployment durations in Norway, by means of a distribution‐free mixed proportional competing risks hazard rate model. We find that programme participation, once completed, improves employment prospects, but that there is often an opportunity cost in the form of a lock‐in effect during participation. The average net effect of programme participation on the length of the job search period is found to be around zero. For participants with poor employment prospects, the favourable post‐programme effects outweigh the negative lock‐in effects.